Re: [gentoo-user] GCC 4.0
On 5/2/05, Neil Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes. A lot of stuff simply will not compile with it. The rest tend to produce large and slow executables. I wouldn't use it for anything yet. 3.4.x is the best to date. Are there any evidence of said bloat and poor performance with 4.0 or do you base it on hearsay? :-) I studied a lot of assembly output on the pre-release versions of 4.0 and the optimizer has really improved compared to the older series. I would imagine stuff not compiling is mostly because the C++ standard has moved considerably over the last years, and a lot of software which caters for GCC 2.95 isn't well-formed given the latest revision of the standard. That said, it usually takes a minor revision (i.e. 4.1) before a compiler is generally usable for a distro. I remember all the breakage when GCC 3.0 was introduced.. // Andreas -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] GCC 4.0
Andreas Fredriksson wrote: Are there any evidence of said bloat and poor performance with 4.0 or do you base it on hearsay? :-) Well, I haven't actually heard anything. ;) My statement was based on my experience with compiling the SETI/BOINC clients, mainly. The executables were around 70% larger and computation took around 50% longer. I am comparing with the results I achieved with GCC 3.4.3 using the same compiler flags in each case. Be lucky, Neil -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] GCC 4.0
Has anyone used this? - Brad -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] GCC 4.0
I wouldn't recommend rebuilding your system with it. Apparently glibc needs to release a new version 2.3.6 to be compatible. Of course, since it's stricter than previous GCCs, it's probably a good idea to try compiling any software you write with it to make sure that it doesn't break in the future. Yours truly, Yi Ding On 5/2/05, Bradley Serbu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone used this? - Brad -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] GCC 4.0
Bradley Serbu wrote: Has anyone used this? Yes. A lot of stuff simply will not compile with it. The rest tend to produce large and slow executables. I wouldn't use it for anything yet. 3.4.x is the best to date. Be lucky, Neil -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
