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Re: some remarks about gcc4.0
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 11:55:25 -0800, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> It's not that we don't understand that SSE is important, or that
> previous versions of the compiler weren't great. But, people work on
> what they (or their employers) want them to work on. As the release
> manager, I'm not going to hold up release that provides a lot of benefit
> to lots of users because of any single pre-existing weakness.
That's crystal clear.
Another angle to look at the problem is that you need end users to
hammer on shoddy parts to get reports to get a chance to fix them.
Chicken & egg.
And i thought one of the selling point of 4.0 was better optimization.
But as you reminded me, you have to deal with contingencies.