GCC 3.0 Release Criteria

[Jeff Garzik]

Mark Mitchell wrote:
> In addition to the regression-testing mentioned above, it is important that operation of the compiler be verified on some real-word applications.
> The following applications represent a mix of low-level and high-level code, of numerical and logical programs, and of different programming
> languages.

> Linux kernel [...]


WINE is an excellent codebase for testing gcc, IMHO, because the WINE
guys have to deal with trying to compile Microsoftisms like anonymous
structures on a Unix platform.  Very few gcc extensions are used
AFAIK[1]

	Jeff


[1] but then again I don't know the codebase very well either

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