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Subject: Re: Intel Compiler Beta
From: Dirk Mueller <mueller () kde ! org>
Date: 2001-05-31 19:27:57
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On Don, 31 Mai 2001, Jonathan Belson wrote:
> > No. gcc 3.0 does not change much, except being a lot stricter in parsing.
> >From the gcc web page gcc 3.0 will have a new preprocessor and a new
> ABI.
Yes, thats true. the new ABI has advantages (being binary compatible to Java
mangling in example is one of them), however what do you gain from a
rewritten Preprocessor, except its a bit faster and more standard compliant
(i.e. it breaks old code) ? ;-)
> I heard from a gcc developer at redhat the linker was going to
> be rewritten (it's supposedly a bit of a mess ATM) - maybe that's scheduled
> for later.
the linker, being part of binutils, is not part of GCC.
> So does gcc support precompiled headers? I can't see anything in the
> manual about them.
There is a development of it, yes. its not yet in CVS as far as I know and
its scheduled for gcc 3.1.
> > Its catching up. You should use gcc CVS before accusing them in such a
> > general way ;-)
> I prefer to use stable release versions. I'm not denying gcc is getting
> better, but the competition isn't standing still either.
Well, then better first compare. There are not too many "free" compilers
implementing C++ so you have not much choice.
Dirk
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