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

Philip Blundell (pb@nexus.co.uk)
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 11:59:07 +0100


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

You don't have to use the same compiler for the kernel and user binaries. If
you want to use EGCS for C++ then go right ahead. It will coexist with gcc
2.7.2 quite happily.

p.

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