From: Eyal Ben-David <eyal DOT ben-david AT aks DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: gcc 2.8.0 and related things for DJGPP
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 12:24:16 +0200
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Andrew Crabtree wrote:
> 
> Vic wrote in message <34FEE843 DOT 4478 AT cam DOT org>...
> >Robert Hoehne wrote:
> >I was wondering, what new things does 2.8.0 bring ?
> Better C++ support and Exception Handling are the two biggees.
> 
Yes. When C++ is concerened 2.8 is a lage step forward mostly in
templates.
(BTW gcc 2.8 supports templates better than ANY commercial PC compiler)

The exception handling works fine with mingw32 (also 2.8) and EGCS port
for Win32 (and probably on UNIX) but it doesn't work with DJGPP.

Eyal.