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In article <EJH.93Aug20092725@twod.gsfc.nasa.gov>, ejh@twod.gsfc.nasa.gov (Edward Hartnett) writes:
|>    In article <1993Aug19.185453.15791@das.harvard.edu>,
|>    H. Jiu <jiu@kepler.harvard.edu> wrote:
|>    >Hi!  Can someone please tell me why you use GNU C compiler instead of,
|>    >say, the standard distribution that comes with your computer?  Is it
|>    >a religious sentiment like somepeople have with a particular brand of,
|>    >say, condoms?  I have used GNU C compiler several times, but in general
|>    >I find it inferior to standard C compilers on Sun SPARCs, DEC RISCs,
|>    >IBM RS/6000s, etc.
Using special (superior) compiler options is a secure way to
write unportable programms :-)

|> 
|> I switched to gcc because Sun does not even provide an ANSI C compiler
|> with their machines (unless you pay extra for it). Plus the support
|> and help (via netnews) that you can recieve for gcc is wonderful. Soon
|> I'm going to be getting two new HP workstations, for which $800 was
|> spent (on each) for HP's ANSI C compiler and docs. After an evaluation
|> of theirs, I probably will switch to gcc and ignore the HP one. Why?
|> Because unless the HP compiler can provide some truely outstanding
|> benifits (which I doubt), there's no reason for me to switch compilers
|> just because I'm on a new machine. 
|> --
|> 
|> 
|>    Edward Hartnett	             ejh@twod.gsfc.nasa.gov
|>                                         (301) 286-2396

Using GCC has the great advantage that you can port source
from one platform to another, because you have the same
compiler options etc.
And you will notice that there is an inflation in version
numbers 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 in 6 (?) month. That's simply because
lots of people use GCC and errors are discovered *and corrected*!

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