From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Aug 16 07:50:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA26341 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 16 Aug 1997 07:50:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from earth.mat.net (root@earth.mat.net [206.246.122.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id HAA26336 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 1997 07:50:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Journey2.mat.net (journey2.mat.net [206.246.122.116]) by earth.mat.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA21387; Sat, 16 Aug 1997 10:45:33 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 10:45:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@Journey2.mat.net To: Mikael Karpberg cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A bit off topic: GCC 2.8??? In-Reply-To: <199708160900.LAA00307@ocean.campus.luth.se> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 16 Aug 1997, Mikael Karpberg wrote: > Hello! > > I'm interested in using exceptions and other final standard C++ thingies, > and I'm therefor waiting for g++ 2.8.x to show up. It's not in FreeBSD yet, > but is it out there somewhere? You realize, I hope, that FreeBSD isn't going to jump to 2.8 the moment it's released, anyhow. Just like every other upgrade of gcc, there will be a long waiting period, while the new gcc has all the bugs shaken out of it. I think last time it was about a year, wasn't it? > > If not, does anyone have any estimations at all on when it will be released? > And what will it handle? How finished is it? Any news? > > Maybe also... where _should_ I have asked this? :) And is there any web > page with updated news on how development is going, etc? > > /Mikael > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------