<s>
The	O
TenDRA	B-Language
Compiler	I-Language
is	O
a	O
C/C	O
++	O
compiler	B-Language
for	O
POSIX-compatible	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
available	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
2002	O
TenDRA	B-Language
was	O
actively	O
developed	O
again	O
by	O
Jeroen	O
Ruigrok	O
van	O
der	O
Werven	O
and	O
offered	O
as	O
a	O
BSD-licensed	O
open	O
source	O
project	O
through	O
the	O
website	O
tendra.org	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TDF	O
technology	O
behind	O
TenDRA	B-Language
has	O
an	O
academic	O
history	O
dating	O
back	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
algebraic	O
code	O
validation	O
in	O
the	O
1970s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2003	O
TenDRA	B-Language
split	O
into	O
two	O
projects	O
,	O
TenDRA.org	B-Language
and	O
Ten15.org	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goals	O
of	O
TenDRA.org	B-Language
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
to	O
continuously	O
improve	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
and	O
resulting	O
code	O
,	O
unless	O
it	O
would	O
jeopardize	O
the	O
points	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goals	O
of	O
Ten15.org	B-Language
added	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
to	O
be	O
a	O
friendly	O
competitor	O
to	O
GCC	B-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
get	O
a	O
best-of-breed	O
compiler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
of	O
both	O
compilers	B-Language
include	O
good	O
error	O
reporting	O
with	O
respect	O
to	O
standards	O
compliance	O
and	O
a	O
smaller	O
code	O
size	O
than	O
the	O
same	O
programs	O
compiled	B-Language
on	O
gcc	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
C++	O
support	O
never	O
got	O
as	O
developed	O
as	O
C	B-Language
support	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
STL	O
supporting	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TenDRA	B-Language
uses	O
the	O
Architecture	B-Application
Neutral	I-Application
Distribution	I-Application
Format	I-Application
(	O
ANDF	B-Application
)	O
,	O
a	O
specification	O
created	O
by	O
the	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Group	I-Application
,	O
as	O
its	O
intermediate	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
a	O
point	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
Alpha	O
OSF/1	B-Operating_System
kernel	O
could	O
be	O
built	O
with	O
TenDRA	B-Language
C	B-Language
and	O
afterwards	O
there	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
similar	O
effort	O
to	O
port	O
the	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
kernel	O
.	O
</s>
