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Re: GCC 3.0 Release Criteria
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- Subject: Re: GCC 3.0 Release Criteria
- From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik at mandrakesoft dot com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 21:32:44 -0400
- Organization: MandrakeSoft
Mark Mitchell wrote:
> In addition to the regression-testing mentioned above, it is important that operation of the compiler be verified on some real-word applications.
> The following applications represent a mix of low-level and high-level code, of numerical and logical programs, and of different programming
> languages.
> Linux kernel [...]
WINE is an excellent codebase for testing gcc, IMHO, because the WINE
guys have to deal with trying to compile Microsoftisms like anonymous
structures on a Unix platform. Very few gcc extensions are used
AFAIK[1]
Jeff
[1] but then again I don't know the codebase very well either
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