Re: Offtopic: gcc-2.8 out...

Bernhard Rosenkraenzer (linux@bero-online.ml.org)
Fri, 16 Jan 1998 13:16:21 +0000 (GMT)


On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Richard Jones wrote:

> Do we now have a fork of gcc (gcc 2.8 and egcs 1.01)? Or
> are these in fact one and the same?

They're not.
gcc 2.8 is aimed at being 100% reliable, egcs is aimed at making
experimental features (HAIFA scheduling etc.) available.

LLaP
bero

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