Re: GCC 3.0 Status Report

[Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>]

Thanks for the news; it's very helpful to know about the current
state, and the performance wins sound great.

Of course, if 3.0 is unusably slower than 2.95 (and some have claimed
that), then what we do in 3.1 doesn't really matter much.

Also, it's fair to point out that there's no guarantee that your PCH
work will ever go into the FSF GCC.  The design will have to be vetted
on the FSF lists before that happens.  I don't expect there to be
problems, but, as with any contribution, all the issues have to be
weighed before anything on this scale is accepted.

Your points regarding GC are right on the money.  I've got half-way
sort-of patches to do generational GC, which will solve the permanent
object problem, and should provide a major win.  But, nothing in
anything like finished form yet.

Thanks,

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