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Jason FU wrote: > > Asking just out of curiosity: how are you affected by the simple possibility > > to install multiple versions off gcc? If you want just one version of gcc on > > your system, isn't installing just one version of gcc an option for you? > > > > BTW: On my Linux box, I have installed both gcc 3.3.5 and gcc 3.4. Obviously > > at most one of them is doing some work at a given time. > > I think GCC is a reliable tool. We don't need to have the old version to > co-exist for chaos. Please don't include me in "we". > If you worry that GCC 4.0 doesn't work properly, why don't > you wait for a while for people's comments? > With multiple versions of the same > development tool, you'll have infinite nightmares for your code. You know, there is also third party code, too. And sometimes it just won't work with a different compiler. There are also some systems that won't upgrade g++ anytime soon. Developing your own code for such system is much easier when you have the same version of compiler and libraries. Regards Krzysztof Duleba -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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