On June 20, Eric Smith wrote:
> >  While I agree in principle with your points, I cannot and will not
> > accept the notion that modern GCC "gives back" enough additional
> > functionality to justify its increased size and decreased speed over,
> > say, v1.38, the first release GCC I ran.
> 
> I don't see what the problem is.  If GCC v1.38 does what you want, you
> should use it.
> 
> Presumably all the changes that were made to GCC since then were done
> because someone somewhere wanted them, and believes that they do "give
> back" enough.  If those people want something different than what you
> want, why use "their" version of GCC?

  It's primarily an issue of OS support.  Though you do make an
excellent point.

         -Dave

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