Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 23:03:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: James Raynard <fcurrent@jraynard.demon.co.uk> Cc: peter@spinner.dialix.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: When gcc-2.7.2 hits ctm Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960620230138.7920C-100000@skipper.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199606202223.WAA05618@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
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On Thu, 20 Jun 1996, James Raynard wrote: > > And the gcc delta wont be 25MB at all if I have my way. > [...] > > so by the time it's all over, there may be a doubling of the delta size > > to nearly 740K (or 1MB encoded). > > As someone who has been "whingeing" recently, I'd like to thank Peter > for taking the trouble to explain in public what he intends to do and > giving advance warning so that people can take avoiding action if they > so wish. > > Personally, I'm looking forward to downloading it and seeing if the > code I've worked on will stand up to its exacting scrutiny 8-) Let me second that. I guess I don't have to worry about a 25 MB mail hit, and since Peter went to so much trouble to test out the approaches to the problem, I guess sanity will privail. Nice going, and thanks! ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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