From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7489 invoked by alias); 21 Nov 2004 22:13:35 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 7481 invoked from network); 21 Nov 2004 22:13:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail-out4.apple.com) (17.254.13.23) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 21 Nov 2004 22:13:32 -0000 Received: from mailgate2.apple.com (a17-128-100-204.apple.com [17.128.100.204]) by mail-out4.apple.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iALMKHIE006036 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:20:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay3.apple.com (relay3.apple.com) by mailgate2.apple.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.14) with ESMTP id ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:13:31 -0800 Received: from apple.com (vpn0priv-32.apple.com [17.219.200.32]) by relay3.apple.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iALMDTbp000272; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:13:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:31:00 -0000 Subject: Re: Is it time to start using 4.0? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v553) Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org To: sean darcy From: Mike Stump In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <92911DCF-3C0A-11D9-856A-003065BDF310@apple.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2004-11/txt/msg00727.txt.bz2 On Saturday, November 20, 2004, at 11:06 AM, sean darcy wrote: > I'm using 3.4.3. I realize 4.0 isn't released and isn't suitable fro > production work, whatever that means. Depends on how close to the edge you like to live. If you just want it to work, without any hassles, wait until the release. If you like to test pre-production software, and like filing bug reports, or want to verify that the release of gcc 4.0.0 will work well with your software, before the 4.0.0 release, then now is a good time to test it out. If you want us to tell you the benefits for your software, wait until the release; if you want to tell us what the benefits to your software is, then test it now, and let us know. If you do decide to test it out, things to watch for would be compilation speed and generated code quality. This is why, we cannot answer your question, as the question has more to do with you, than with us. We expect that the quality of the compiler is close to release quality, generally, I'd say that we like to keep it near release quality, though, bear in mind, if you get unlucky, you may find some temporal instabilities.