Why not contribute? (to GCC)

[Matthew J Fletcher]

Like many people it seems I've read the gcc lists for many years but 
never contributed. I am an embedded developer using GCC on x86 and ARM.

- GCC works really well, i've never found a serious GCC bug so there is 
nothing that i have had to fix. No "itch to scratch".

- When i modified GCC for C++ support on a propitiatory RTOS (Nucleus), 
it was a bit of a bodge so i knew it would not get accepted, but it 
works well enough for me.

- I have reported bugs mostly to do with cross compiling but the proper 
fix is often more complex than my 5 minute hack to build the cross 
compiler, you generally only build these things once so its a lot of 
effort for a small gain.



- Matthew J Fletcher