From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23454 invoked by alias); 20 Nov 2004 19:07:11 -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 22588 invoked from network); 20 Nov 2004 19:07:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (64.4.54.116) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 20 Nov 2004 19:07:02 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:07:01 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 67.86.252.221 by by20fd.bay20.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:06:50 GMT X-Originating-IP: [67.86.252.221] X-Originating-Email: [seandarcy@hotmail.com] X-Sender: seandarcy@hotmail.com From: "sean darcy" To: gcc@gcc.gnu.org Bcc: Subject: Is it time to start using 4.0? Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 00:24:00 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Nov 2004 19:07:01.0139 (UTC) FILETIME=[1D616E30:01C4CF34] X-SW-Source: 2004-11/txt/msg00719.txt.bz2 I'm using 3.4.3. I realize 4.0 isn't released and isn't suitable fro production work, whatever that means. But, does 4.0 generate sufficiently better code ( athlon ) to make it worth the issues that may still remain? FWIW, there's little I cou;ld find about the expected benefits - to the end user - of the shift to the 4.0 architecture. Conformance? Speed of compilation? Quality of code produced - size? speed? Or does the modular nature allow for all these good things once the base works? IOW, wait for 4.1? sean