Re: [Sheflug] LONGER - SuSE 7.2 kernel source

[Craig Andrews <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doesn't sound so good just yet then. The more strict compiler rules may be
nice. I'm not a fan of fuzzy coding :)

I think I'll keep my executables small and speed fast for now tho'

Craig

On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Will Newton wrote:

> Apparently it miscompiles SMP kernels but is "OK" on uni-processor kernels.
> It's the default compiler for SPARC and HPPA IIRC. (Woo acronyms)
>
> It's very strict at C++ and just about everything will fail to compile unless
> specifically modified (mainly because of discarding const qualifiers is now
> considered an error, and there is no default std namespace, you have to
> declare it with "using namespace std" ). The C++ standard library is
much
> enhanced.
>
> In my experience it generates larger executables and takes longer to do it.
> YMMV. The executables are also slower.
>
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