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RE: Why is gcc 3.2 prerelease?



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew Markebo [mailto:andrew dot markebo at telia dot com] 
>Sent: 05 March 2003 16:15
>To: Bruce Adams [TEPG Sunbury]
>Subject: Re: Why is gcc 3.2 prerelease?
>
>
>Hi! 
>
>I suppose you have heard this, but I vote for that GCC 3 burfs 
>on an error (runtime) that GCC 2.95 were to stupid to burf 
>on.. or similar.. 
>
I wouldn't mind if it "burfed" in an intelligable manner.
Better still if it did it at compile or link time.
Sometimes I worry that saboteurs from M$ have infiltrated GNU
and FSF.  We all know how much damage a simple mistake missed
by a programmer and a careless reviewer can cause.  Just imagine
if someone was trying to do it deliberately.  Shudder....

>I agree with you though that it might be a bit weird we are 
>running on a prerelease gcc that is a little old.. sort of.. 
>but well, noone have maybe had the time to upgrade it.. 
>
>      /Andy


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