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[ILUG] Can anyone see any reason why a customer would need to compile a new compiler?

[ILUG] Can anyone see any reason why a customer would need to compile a new compiler?

kevin lyda kevin at ie.suberic.net
Fri Jun 23 22:11:44 IST 2006


On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 05:46:20PM +0100, Declan Moriarty wrote:
> Gcc-4.1 has many security minded features built in, notably SSP. 
> Probably he's been reading and wants these.

OK, maybe.  But there are other reasons.  The obvious one being better
C++ support.  C++ continues to, well, I think the C++ community calls it
"evolve" and we may as well humour them.  As does gcc support for it.

Kevin

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