Re: 2.2.0 and egcs 1.1 was Re: Sorry, wrong gcc-version

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 13:00:26 +0100 (CET)

On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Marcin Dalecki wrote:
> BTW. Linus and Alan are utterly wrong in theyr bashing of egcs. The single
> one sufficient reason which gratifies the usage of egcs over gcc-2.7.x is:
> Actually *usable* and standard adherent C++ support. (However there are

The kernel doesn't contain any single line of C++. scripts/ksymoops.cc is not
the kernel.

> some other resons too). Therefore it's really a pitty that one can't use
> the stable 2.0.xx with it...

That's why Debian comes with the old gcc, and egcs g++.

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium




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