Ben Elliston <b...@au1.ibm.com> writes: >> I'm curious whether there are any detectable differences in the resulting >> compiler when built with g++ rather than gcc. E.g. testsuite regressions, >> changes in the speed or size of cc1, etc. Also, is cc1 linked with >> libstdc++.so ? Stuff like that. > > Also, is there any significant difference in bootstrap times?
I haven't actually measured, but subjectively bootstrap does seem to take longer. I encourage anybody interested in these sorts of questions to check out the branch and find out. gcc-in-cxx is something I do entirely in my spare time, and it's not like I have more spare time than anybody else does. Ian
