Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 10:54:57 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: FreeBSD-chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Gcc-2.7.1 Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951119105318.1040B@mocha.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199511191333.OAA01301@keltia.freenix.fr>
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On Sun, 19 Nov 1995, Ollivier Robert wrote: > It seems that Chuck Robey said: > > I guess I'm more interested in the bugfixes. As I remember, there was > > one class of bug that was a major deciding factor in not moving to > > gcc-2.7.0, but I don't recall what it was (I'm pretty nearly useless at > > machine language, or following compiler output by reading it). > > I don't recall either but I know that C++ was broken (try running groff > compiled with 2.7.0 !). There were register allocation bugs too I think. I'm pretty sure it was a register allocation type of bug. Ah, well, maybe I'd better wait a month and see what the consensus is on 2.7.1, by those with the time to really beat it to death. Thanks. > -- > Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net > FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 2.2-CURRENT #2: Sun Nov 19 01:34:03 MET 1995 > ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: <URL:http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/>;
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