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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!boulder.parcplace.com!imp From: imp@boulder.parcplace.com (Warner Losh) Subject: Re: What version of gcc on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <CssFuB.8Kq@boulder.parcplace.com> Sender: news@boulder.parcplace.com Organization: ParcPlace Boulder References: <2votf5$4p6@keltia.frmug.fr.net> <2vql62$2mb@ohlone.kn.PacBell.COM> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 1994 18:10:59 GMT Lines: 25 In article <2vql62$2mb@ohlone.kn.PacBell.COM> smui@news.kn.PacBell.COM (Sherman Mui) writes: >Oops, never got that src distribution. Oh well... > >Why isn't it recommended? It's buggy isn't it? g++ 2.5.8 is so buggy that it has no prayer of compiling OI. It dies in several places. >Also what AT&T C++ compiler does gcc 2.4 and 2.5.8 use? I'm taking some >C++ programming class, I just wanted to make sure I wouldn't be having >any problems with the compiler. g++ isn't based at all on AT&T's compiler. It implments all the desired features that you'd want, but templates and template matching are a little flakey for extreme cases. I'd go with the 2.4.5 compiler until the 2.6.x compiler is released, which is supposed to be soon. Warner -- Warner Losh imp@boulder.parcplace.COM ParcPlace Boulder "... but I can't promote you to "Prima Donna" unless you demonstrate a few more serious personality disorders"