Re: GCC spec posting on AMD Barcelona

[Robert Dewar <dewar at adacore dot com>]

Andrew Walrond wrote:
> Michael Meissner wrote:
> > We have performance results that show GCC now delivers outstanding performance
> > on AMD's Quad-core Barcelona processors.  We've just posted our SPECint results
> > tests with GCC 4.1.2 on AMD's Quad-core Barcelona processors.  We just want to
> > thank all of you for doing such a great job on the performance front.  Our
> > posted benchmark results are at http://developer.amd.com/gcc.
>
> Solid support for the gnu toolchain and linux kernel is a _fundamental_
> requirement when I make buying decisions.
>
> Well done, AMD.
>
> I hope your competitors are listening. Some of them are woefully
> inadequate in this regard.
>
> Andrew Walrond

Can't we remove this kind of message to some advocacy list. It is really
just noise on the gcc development list.