On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote:
> > A legit concern, but also realize that all of us are talking about
> > 4.0 here - the new compiler would be an issue we'd have up to a full
> > year on before the product it's in goes mainstream. If that's not enough
> > time to work out the compiler issues after switching, I can't imagine
> > when we WILL have a better time to try and do this then. Progress
> > entails some pain, and if we're unwilling to suffer any at all then
> > progress ceases entirely.
>
> This is interesting, what makes egcs better than gcc? just a dumb
> question. I agree with Jordan though: no pain no gain. :-)
For those doing, or using, C++ related projects, the current gcc is
BROKEN...egcs, with its faster development cycle (kinda like ours) tends
to be working harder on C++ spec compliance...
Marc G. Fournier
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