Re: [gtk-list] Re: Gtk--: gcc2.7.2 abandoned?

[Kevin Cozens <kcozens interlog com>]

Stephen Molitor wrote:
> gcc 2.7.x is really very out of date for C++.  Huge sections of the
> standard C++ library can not even be compiled properly (i.e the STL).
> Can you imagine using a C compiler that couldn't compile, say, printf()?
> That's what using gcc for C++ is like.

Is gcc 2.8.x any (or much) better at compiling C++ code? Also, how does
egcs fare at this?

Cheers!

Kevin.  (http://www.interlog.com/~kcozens/)

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