Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/03/12/01:05:12
At 02:24 3/11/1998 -0600, J.E. wrote:
>I currently have gcc version 2.7.2.1 (I guess) installed on my system,
>and I was wondering if dl'ing the 2.8.0 release is worth it... or is it
>just buggy? Thanks for your time and help:-)
IMHO, you probably need 2.8.0 only in the following circumstances:
* You have noticed bugs in 2.7.2.1 that bother you.
* You use C++ and need decent exceptions support.
* You are obsessed with optimization (IIRC 2.8 has a better instruction
timing table)
* You are a heatseeker who always needs to upgrade everything :)
Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net
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