Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 02:52:21 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (Bill Paul) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: variable sized arrays and gcc Message-ID: <199708100752.CAA01811@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199708100722.DAA03236@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> from Bill Paul at "Aug 10, 97 03:22:28 am"
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> > Is this a side-effect of GNU C and GNU C++ being joined together at > the hip, or did I just miss a memo somewhere? > I don't know if it is a direct side-effect of GNU C and C++ using the same backend -- however GCC has some really interesting features that could tend to lock-in the lazy programmer... It has ranges for switch statements, it can take the address of code labels, it has some really neat built-ins, etc... If you are very interested, I suggest reading the gcc manual packaged with most gcc distributions. I even bought a copy of the manual from FSF. (It is smaller than 8x10 laser printer output, and more convienient.) If you don't have the facilities to typeset the manual (Tex, etc.) online, I am willing to make a .ps or .dvi (readable with dvips) available to you. I have never done it before, but I might be able to produce a .pdf??? The biggest gripe that I have about GCC's added features is that I really miss them when using a compiler without 'em. I still wish the compiler had more tricks up it's sleeve in the X86 optimization dept. The X86 optimized compiler project improves things a bit, but there is still alot that can be done in the register allocation dept, regarding saving regs around basic blocks and loops... Johnhome | help
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