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Re: GCC2 merging (was "native language support now available")
- To: John Vickers <jvickers at acorn dot com>
- Subject: Re: GCC2 merging (was "native language support now available")
- From: Alexandre Oliva <oliva at dcc dot unicamp dot br>
- Date: 30 Sep 1998 21:21:54 -300
- Cc: Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>, davem at dm dot cobaltmicro dot com, gcc2 at cygnus dot com, egcs at cygnus dot com
- References: <9809301153.AA05597@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> <36124B3B.3CF9EDF5@acorn.com>
John Vickers <jvickers@acorn.com> writes:
> I haven't seen a whole lot of traffic on gcc2 regarding testsuite
> results or testing by building known packages (or regarding anything
> else for that matter).
> Maybe you do a load of testing, & don't talk to anyone about it ?
I haven't been testing gcc2 any more, because it doesn't include a
testsuite, which makes testing it much harder than egcs. Furthermore,
I don't believe gcc2 is going to evolve any more. I see no reason to
work on it, since egcs is doing that well.
> Perhaps it's time to drop the "experimental", which was only
> ever really a polite fiction.
How about replacing `experimental' with `extended'?
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Alexandre Oliva
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brasil