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Date:      Sun, 28 Feb 1999 15:16:36 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>
To:        Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: gcc
Message-ID:  <19990228151636.C2170@relay.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902281758160.406-100000@culverk.student.umd.edu>; from Kenneth Wayne Culver on Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 05:59:08PM -0500
References:  <31170.920242197@zippy.cdrom.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902281758160.406-100000@culverk.student.umd.edu>

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On Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 05:59:08PM -0500, Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote:
> 
> This is interesting, what makes egcs better than gcc? just a dumb
> question. I agree with Jordan though: no pain no gain. :-)

IMHO, maintence.  EGCS is actively being developed.  Gcc 2.8.x might be,
but it is hard to see.  Also Jeff Law of the EGCS steering committee, has
said that FSF is heavily leaning on GNU GCC 2.9 (or 2.8.2) being some
branch along the EGCS tree.
 
-- 
-- David    (obrien@NUXI.com  -or-  obrien@FreeBSD.org)


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