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Article #49833Re: gcc advantages
From: Michael R Castle
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1993 03:23
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1993 03:23
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In article <9335418.17004@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) writes:
>damian@abacus.demon.co.uk (Damian Hamill) writes:
>
>
>>What would you say were the main advantages of using gcc in preference to
>>a compiler supplied by a computer manufacturer ?
>
>* You can use the same compiler for different architectures.
> This is usually a lot easier than stuffing around with a whole
> bunch of different compilers.
It helps if you also install all the GNU libraries, as it seems that what
functions are in your libraries seems to be as big of a problem as what you
compiler can or cannot do.
--
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11318c,aa03469b9da9e06d X-Google-Attributes: gid11318c,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-12-21 20:14:03 PST Newsgroups: gnu.gcc.help Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!usenet-feed.umr.edu!mcastle From: mcastle@cs.umr.edu (Michael R Castle) Subject: Re: gcc advantages References: <CI6GIv.51A@abacus.demon.co.uk> <9335418.17004@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1993 03:23:00 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: next9.cs.umr.edu Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla, Rolla, MO Sender: cnews@umr.edu (UMR Usenet News Administration) Message-ID: <1993Dec22.032300.14674@umr.edu> Lines: 20