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Re: which GCC version old or new?
- From: mike stump <mrs at windriver dot com>
- To: gcc at gnu dot org, kgoodwin at spawar dot navy dot mil
- Cc: butlerr at nosc dot mil
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 18:00:05 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: which GCC version old or new?
> From: "Goodwin, Kevin M." <kgoodwin@spawar.navy.mil>
> To: "'gcc@gnu.org'" <gcc@gnu.org>
> Cc: "Butler, Richard J." <butlerr@nosc.mil>
> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 17:36:17 -0800
> I am currently working on a new project here at SPAWARS system
> center S.D. and we will be using RH Linux 7.1 or 7.2. as our
> development platform. The code will be entirely ANSI C with RH GLADE
> as a GUI. We are trying decide on which version of GCC to use. I
> have heard some talk about binary incompatibility with gcc
> 2.96. Will GCC 3.0.1 or 3.0.3 be our best bet?
In general, we always recommend the latest version of our version.
3.0.3 is that version.
If you asked your OS vendor, they would recommend the latest version
that they've released, which might well be 2.96 as shipped with the
OS.
If you want to use C++ libraries that are prebuilt, you will _need_ to
use which ever version of the compiler was used to build those
libraries.
If you want maximal flexibility, build with both versions.