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From: Geert Bosch <bosch@adacore.com>
To: Steven Bosscher <stevenb.gcc@gmail.com>
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org, java@gcc.gnu.org, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
Subject: Re: PATCH RFA: Do not build java by default
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 04:06:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8FA16519-D671-4B52-B6C5-3A06187245F5@adacore.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikPP+=RS4BL_NQFaENvFtvvk9ughpP3kWvWT25A@mail.gmail.com>


On Oct 31, 2010, at 15:33, Steven Bosscher wrote:
> The argument against disabling java as a default language always was
> that there should be at least one default language that requires
> non-call exceptions. I recall testing many patches without trouble if
> I did experimental builds with just C, C++, and Fortran, only to find
> lots of java test suite failures in a complete bootstrap+test cycle.
> So the second point is, IMVHO, not really true.

Feel free to enable Ada. Builds and tests faster than Java, 
and is known to expose many more middle end bugs, including
ones that require non-call exceptions.

  -Geert

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-11-01  4:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-31 19:33 Steven Bosscher
2010-10-31 19:47 ` Gerald Pfeifer
2010-11-01  3:48   ` Andrew Pinski
2010-11-01 10:11     ` Dave Korn
2010-11-01  4:06 ` Geert Bosch [this message]
2010-11-01  4:30   ` Joern Rennecke
2010-11-01 10:35     ` Geert Bosch
2010-11-01 10:46       ` Joern Rennecke
2010-11-02 10:48         ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-11-02 16:43           ` David Daney
2010-11-01 17:46 ` Tom Tromey
2010-11-01 17:50   ` Andrew Haley
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-10-31 19:09 Ian Lance Taylor
2010-11-01  8:59 ` Andrew Haley
2010-11-02 10:14   ` Laurent GUERBY
2010-11-02 15:32     ` Tom Tromey
2010-11-01 10:31 ` Dave Korn
2010-11-01 17:36   ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-11-01 18:16 ` Diego Novillo
2010-11-01 18:58   ` Andrew Haley
2010-11-01 19:35     ` H.J. Lu
2010-11-02  3:39   ` Jeff Law
2010-11-02  3:58     ` H.J. Lu
2010-11-02  8:22     ` Eric Botcazou
2010-11-02 15:31     ` Tom Tromey
2010-11-02 16:25       ` Jeff Law
2010-11-02  5:12 ` Matthias Klose
2010-11-11 23:20 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-11-18  9:23   ` Mark Mitchell
2010-11-18 10:47     ` Andrew Haley
2010-11-18 13:42       ` H.J. Lu
2010-11-18 15:37       ` Mark Mitchell
2010-11-18 16:02         ` Diego Novillo
2010-11-18 15:23     ` Jeff Law
2010-11-18 17:19     ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-11-18 17:58       ` Dave Korn
2010-11-18 20:53       ` Mark Wielaard

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