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From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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Subject: Re: cygnus compiler?
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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

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