From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964943AbWD0Fxi (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:53:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964944AbWD0Fxi (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:53:38 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:21134 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964943AbWD0Fxi (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:53:38 -0400 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Roman Kononov Subject: Re: C++ pushback Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:53:22 -0500 Message-ID: <44505C52.2080709@yahoo.com> References: <20060426034252.69467.qmail@web81908.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20060426200134.GS25520@lug-owl.de> <20060427035709.GF13027@w.ods.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-69-219-188-74.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) In-Reply-To: <20060427035709.GF13027@w.ods.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 04/26/2006 22:57, Willy Tarreau wrote: > On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 06:00:52PM -0500, Roman Kononov wrote: >> Linus Torvalds wrote: >>> - the compilers are slower, and less reliable. This is _less_ of an >>> issue these days than it used to be (at least the reliability part), >>> but it's still true. >> G++ compiling heavy C++ is a bit slower than gcc. The g++ front end is >> reliable enough. Do you have a particular bug in mind? > > Obviously you're not interested in gcc evolutions. I suggest that you > take your browser to http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.4/changes.html#3.4.5 > This is the last version which showed per-subsystem problem reports > before they used SVN. Just count the lines : 9 bugs fixed for C, 45 > for C++. And when you read those bugs, you don't have the feeling of > reading a description of something that people make their code rely on. I am interested very much. And if one really understands the bugs listed, he can say that they are minor for both C and C++. I would certainly recommend rely on g++. Regards, Roman