From: terra AT diku DOT dk (Morten Welinder)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJGPP V2.01 Released
Date: 22 Oct 1996 12:42:44 GMT
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"Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar> writes:

>  I understand the DJ actitude, BUT is very very very dificult download and 
>remake the compiler, this takes a lot of time, and I guess that the 80% of the 
>beginners (less that 1 years involved in C) can't do that.
>  So is better if the distribution includes (NOT in v2gnu dir, but in v2 dir) a 
> compilation of GCC 2.7.2 with:
>a) Pentium optimization.

So far such a thing does not exist.  Some work is being done in a
Linux setting with it but it is not stable.  Linus gets slightly
upset every time some alleged kernel bug turns out to be someone
using a buggy pentium "optimizer".

Yes, it is a lot of work to download and compile your own compiler,
but if you want to run experimental stuff that is sometimes what it
takes.  The rest of us get a better tested compiler and pay the
small price in efficiency.  Newcomers should not run experimental
software unknowingly.


>d) Any other useful and tested improvement.
>  Adding a great advice: THIS VERSION IS NOT AN OFICIAL FSF ONE.

In the past FSF did distribute djgpp.  That kind-of makes it
official.

Morten