Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 17:27:15 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cygnus compiler? Message-ID: <20010703172715.W40756@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <20010703144315.A37456@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 02:43:15PM %2B0100 References: <20010703144315.A37456@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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> I saw a note that RH Linux aquired the Cygnus compiler. What is the deal > with this? How is it different/better/worse than gcc? How about posting URLs? FWIW, Red Hat acquired Cygnus, compiler and all, quite a while ago (soon after their IPO days when they had a lot of paper money). They also included a "non-official" gcc (called gcc-2.96-RH or some such thing) with their 7.0 and 7.1 releases, because gcc-2.95.x wasn't good enough (particularly for C++) and gcc-3.0 wasn't ready. Maybe that's what you're thinking of. gcc-3.0 has now been released, and though Red Hat got a lot of flak (even from the gcc developers) for "jumping the gun", it is possible that the additional feedback helped gcc3 get finished faster. R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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