Linux: Supporting Older GCC Releases
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| When it was asked how many kernel developers use older version of GCC, Linus
| Torvalds explained that it really doesn't matter, "it's NOT about 'kernel
| developers'. It's about random people testing kernels. If we make it harder
| for people to test kernels, we're going to lose. So no, I vote for *not*
| cutting off old gcc versions unless it's absolutely fatal."
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http://kerneltrap.org/node/14213
Related:
Well It Was Twenty Years Ago Today...
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| It was early June in 1987 when Richard Stallman announced the release
| of the GNU C compiler version 1.0. As I wrote in Open Sources, it was
| the most thrilling and most terrifying day of my life (up to that
| point).
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http://opensource.org/node/155
Tools: GCC 4.2.0 Released
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| Mark Mitchell announced the availability of GCC 4.2 saying, "GCC 4.2.0
| is a major release, containing new functionality not available in GCC
| 4.1.x or previous GCC releases." He then linked the GCC 4.2 Release
| Series Changes, New Features, and Fixes document for more details as
| to what is new in this release.
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http://kerneltrap.org/node/8214
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