> On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Dean Gaudet wrote:
>
> > I think it can be put more like this: the folks working on 2.0.3x
> > probably have their hands full enough as it is just dealing with the bugs
> > in linux-2.0.3x. Changing the compiler adds a whole slew of new bugs
> > which they don't have to find; folks don't have to use gcc-2.8.x.
>
> Just to play devil's advocate here: by similar reasoning, people don't have
> to use Linux as well. Be careful the arguments you use.
There is a fallacy in your logic. These folks are complaining to *linux
folks* about bugs that don't exist when gcc 2.7.2.x are used. They
certainly wouldn't be complaining about bugs in FreeBSD to the linux
folks. People don't have to use Linux either.
Dean
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