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On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Paolo Di Francesco wrote:

> > > That's the first I've heard of the death of the gcc project.  Tell me
> > > more.
> > 
> > Hmm, Maybe i misread the pages at cygnus... but, egcs does seem to
> > be a more worked on project.  Or it may just appear that way because
> > they release snapshots so often.  
> 
> Maybe. Gcc development is very "static"...

static or stagnant? :)

> > We don't like egcs because...
> > why?
> > 
> 
> I don't like it very much because it's not so stable, and it is a "commercial 
> product". We'll maybe it's not properly commercial but...

It's GPL, same as gcc.  True it is a more moving target, but we
don't have to use egcs-current, we could use a more stable snapshot,
picking the snapshot is a dillema though.

> 
> > I'm trying to avoid playing musical compilers :)
> >  
> 
> ????
>

ala' "musical chairs" meaning i have 2.7.2.2 sorta working, but
i'm being told to use 2.8.1 when i'd rather really be using egcs...

~/o doo bee doo bee dooooo ~/o

:)

-Alfred
 
> 
> 
> Ciao Ciao
>        Paolo Di Francesco
>    _
>  ->B<-   All Recycled Bytes Message ...
>    ~
> 


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