order of switches

[Mumit Khan]

Igor Markov <imarkov@cs.ucla.edu> writes:
> 
>    well... thank you very much, but I've been working with SunCC
>    for 3+ years, am now porting to g++ and having problems
>    (which is why the question arose)

Joe tries to help, and you come back with something that looks like
whining, but in fact I just don't understand what you are trying to
say.

GCC and SunCC are two different compilers, and even though both share
the standard "Unix-style" compiler switches, there can be and are subtle 
differences. And that's where the documentation comes in.

> > The man pages are very minimal guides to the option flags.  The real
> > documentation of GCC is in the texinfo files.
> 
>     I get an impression of that this is some kind of conspiracy (gee !)
>     .. not sure, but, perhaps, to cause people to buy support ?
>     (yes, I understand one can look at this from difft angles ... but
>      once I have my angle, it may be difficult to convince me otherwise)
> 	

GCC comes with documentation. You can choose to read it or not. 

If you choose to read the documentation and find it confusing and
lacking, there are many here who are willing to help (and you can
help fill the gaps in the documentation; in case you didn't know,
that's how free software works -- it's a two-way street). 

If you choose not to read it, don't come here whining. Please go away.

Regards,
Mumit