Date: Sun, 07 Jul 1996 10:01:50 -0700 From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> To: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Cc: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey), hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Hackers) Subject: Re: gcc lies? Message-ID: <199607071701.KAA08351@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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On Sun, 07 Jul 1996 02:41:06 -0700 Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> wrote: > Hmmm... 5.4 vs 14 seconds -- sounds to me like a good reason to > use gcc-1.42. > > I can see using gcc-1.42 for doing development once you get past the > stage of *gross* bugs for the final compilation phase switch > over to gcc-2.xxx. ...which potentially exposes one to be bitten by code generation differences during the final stages. Consistency is good. IMO, there is _never_ a good reason to use a grossly out-of-date compiler. -- save the ancient forests - http://www.bayarea.net/~thorpej/forest/ -- Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939
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