At Thu, 03 May 2007 21:30:16 +0200 Ulrich Elsner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Except that the Linux kernel is all plain C, not C++ -- g++ is not used > > to build the kernel. > > > > Lots of other software typically distributed with Linux is written in > > C++ and have been compiled with g++, but the OP for some reason seems to > > think these don't count. > > The problem is (or I have been told it might be) that many of these > are not compiled with _one_ version of g++. For me personally, the > fact that I do not have to use exactly version x.y.z of a compiler > but can use all version x.whatever is a good sign, because it implies > that the compiler core is basically stable and the minor version > changes only affect new features or small bug-fixes. With this > world-view I can think of many examples immediately. > > But question and comments suggest to me that our evaluator (?) > considers a rarely changing compiler as more trustworthy. What *exactly* do you mean by 'evaluator' -- are you refering to a person or to a program (or procedure). > So, Visual C++ 6 is good. > I think the reasoning behind this is: you know the > idiosyncrasies and you can work around them. There should NOT be any 'idiosyncrasies': 'idiosyncrasies' == unfixed bugs! In other words, the 'rarely changing compiler' is really a 'buggy' compliler and/or a compiler that does not follow the current standard language specification. It sounds like your 'evaluator' is using some really *bad* evaluation methods... > > So, if I can find some examples of software that > - uses the same version of g++ > - is widely deployed, so that its stability is proven by numbers > - is preferably safety relevant (our evaluator comes from that > that corner) > > I would try to use these as examples why g++ version x.y.z can > be trusted and should be used. Otherwise I'll have to try some > other approach. > > > Ulrich > > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk _______________________________________________ help-gplusplus mailing list help-gplusplus@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gplusplus
