On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 10:24 -0800, Dave Carrigan wrote: > On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 02:08:22PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > > > I'm curious why gcc-2.95 or even gcc-3.3 is still in the archives? Is > > there a mistrust for newer stuff or something related to stability as > > is the case with 2.4 and 2.6 kernels? Thanks... > > Because some people may still have legacy source code that requires one > of those versions to build, and they aren't yet ready to port that code > to a newer compiler.
And lets not forget non-x86 systems. 2.95 is still often the best compiler for those systems. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." Albert Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
