On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 01:02:30PM +1000, Andy Newman wrote:
> I like this quote from the glibc FAQ...
>
> 1.2. What compiler do I need to build GNU libc?
>
> ... A lot of extensions of GNU CC are used to increase portability ...
I remember a year or two picking up a Linux rag at the train station on the
way back from somewhere. They were talking about gcc 4 or something in it
and saying how they were hoping to do away with a lot of GNU extensions by
stricter adherence to the language standards in the compiler itself; I guess
that work got buried. Then again, this was a cursory read on the Subway,
and I'm slightly dyslexic, so maybe read it the opposite way it was meant.
- Dan C.
