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Re: Convergence of GCC - slightly off topic
- From: Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>
- To: yabada badoo <yabadabadoo123 at hotmail dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 21:58:54 -0400
- Subject: Re: Convergence of GCC - slightly off topic
- References: <F48zjx4NOPk0O5SjMKt00002904@hotmail.com>
On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 06:47:28PM +0000, yabada badoo wrote:
> Not wanting to start any flames, but I was
> wondering what is the experts take on the
> likelyhood of convergence of the various
> versions of gcc in the varous linux distributions,
> now that 3.2 is getting consistent positive appraise.
One of the goals of 3.2 was precisely that. Whether the distros do so is
up to them.
> I was hoping to get feedback from seasoned (battered
> battle faces :-) c and c++ folks that are more seasoned in dealing with
> sitiations that might expose some of the more thornier aspects of 3.2 with
> respect to the other (older) gcc versions shipped with various linux
> distros.
The key point is in C++. Every release of GCC 3.x has been more conformant
to the ISO C++ standard than the release before it. Programs which predate
the standard may not actually be legal C++ code anymore.
More info on http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html#known
Phil
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