On Fri, 25 Aug 1995 02:17:58 -0500 (CDT)  Kerry James Paulson wrote:
> 
>   Exactly.  Does it not make sense then to integrate bug fixes into the
> current release of gcc so that it compiles out of the box?  The compiler
> is going to have to be updated at some point, I think making the odd
> per-release bug fix would be easier than doing a major upgrade every few
> years. 

Last I heard, current versions out gcc do compile out the box under
current (dunno about 1.0, never bothered to try) or with little 
changes.  I think jtc did this...?