Re: [HACKERS] port/getrusage.c?

Marc Fournier <scrappy@hub.org>

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
To: Hal Snyder <hal@vailsys.com>
Cc: maillist@candle.pha.pa.us, hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-03-12T05:48:28Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Hal Snyder wrote:

> > From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
> > Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 23:11:37 -0500 (EST)
> 
> > OK, please tell me what macro is a monster, and what define I can check
> > to see if I am using the SCO/Microsoft/piece-O-junk :-) compiler, and I
> > will take a crack at making a static function out of the macro and send
> > you a patch to test.
> 
> src/include/access/heapam.h - heap_getattr is the one that blows the
> mind of SCO ODT5 /bin/cc as well as their Skunkware gcc-2.7.2.1. Pure
> GNU 2.8.1 was all I could get to handle it.

	I don't believe that this is a "religious war" issue...but why do
ppl even *use* the stock C compilers anymore?  I know at work we us all
GCC/G++ stuff, since its one helluva lot cheaper then picking up Sun's CC
compiler...I'm not advocating requiring GCC...just wondering one ppl
actually do use the stock compiler..


Marc G. Fournier                                
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org