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kumar@pt9498.ped.pto.ford.com (Ganesh Kumar) writes:

>... the trivial C++ programs
>that I have written to use the C++ front-end of gcc compile & execute as 
>expected.
>
>My question is since the extant release of gcc is v2.5.*, should I be
>getting that instead of continuing with v2.2.3 ?

Yes.

>Are there any serious bugs, limitations with the g++ front-end in v2.2.3 
>that I should be aware of ?

Yes, many.  There are still many bugs even in g++ 2.5.6, but 2.5.6 is a
very big improvement on 2.2.3.

>Unfortuantely I dont have ftp capabilities ( I wouldnt have asked this question
>if we had ftp). Using a mailserver to retrieve gcc v2.5* from `prep' is a 
>very painful process to say the least. I dont want to go this route 
>unless I absolutely have to.

Well, you don't absolutely have to.
Given your difficulties with obtaining gcc, I would wait until you
actually run into problems with 2.2.3 before upgrading.
If 2.2.3 works fine for you, then don't worry.


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