Hi Tobias,

You wrote to Ivan:

TE> IT>   I wonder, is gcc going to be abandoned and superceded with the new
TE> IT>   egcs?

TE>Probably not.

TE> IT> What's the deal with those two paralel environments?

TE>As far as I have understood, the deal is the following:

TE>egcs is the *E*xperimental *G*NU *C*ompiler (err, what the heck is the S for
TE>), with a stress on "experimental". This means that
TE>there are new versions of egcs every few weeks, that they
TE>include new features (especially in the C++ area) as soon
TE>as possible, etc. This is good if you are a C++ programmer
TE>and really require these features to be available very
TE>fast. The C++ specification still is a moving target, and
TE>this is why you need a compiler like egcs which makes every
TE>new standards (and also new experiences of the compiler
TE>makers on how to implement the things right) available as
TE>soon as possible.

That's news to me. As I understood it the C++ standard had been settled
and was in the process of ratification. Hopefully Jonathan de Boyne
Pollard will spot this and let up know the current status (he's a
member of the BSI C++ standards committee).

George

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