On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 04:54:19PM -0500, fantumn Steven Baker" wrote:
Hi Steve,
Glad to see you are still amongst the ranks of Debian users. I am
not the most knowledgable person on this subject, but when I say the name
fantumn, I couldn't resist answering. You might get a better answer from
someone else, but I will give it a try. Apparently, gcc and g++ development
became fragmented as developers split into a number of camps. GNU gcc and
g++ development (Deb gcc and g++ were the GNU versions) has halted, or at
least slowed to a trickle. egcs is a movement to bring back together the
various gcc/g++ development streams.
The egcs versions of gcc and g++ are not both yet ready for prime
time. I may get corrected on this, but I think it is gcc that still has
some bugs, so Deb (2.0 at least) is still using GNU gcc. g++ on Deb is now
the egcs version. So I don't think it is a question of one "sucks" and the
other doesn't. It is more a case of c and c++ compiler development moving
to egcs 'cause that is where development is happening.
You might want to check out the Deb mailing list archives to get
more informative detail than I can give.
Yours from Victoria,
Gerald
> Okay, I don't want to start a holy war or anything here, but I have some
> questions about egcs and gcc.
>
> First, was wondering _what_ the differences between gcc and egcs were.
>
> (Note: when I say gcc, I mean gcc _and_ g++)
>
> Compatibility: First, can egcs compile everything that gcc can? IE: kernel?
> Also, is g++ incapable of compiling programs written for compilation with
> egcs?
> (ie: Berlin)...
>
> Please include your own opinions, but please don't just say (egcs|gcc) sucks,
> and not provide reason. Sure, "(egcs|gcc) sucks because..." is acceptable.
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
> -fantumn
>
>
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