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Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 14:38:24 +0300
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Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > No. There are *many* other compilers out there which are much *more* broken
> > then anything RedHat has recently shipped. Unfortunatly, there is no easy
> > way to accuratly test for such bugs (because once they can be boiled down to
> > a simple test they are very rapidly fixed, what's left is voodoo).
> 
> The problem isn't so much that compilers get bugs and they get fixed as
> soon as a good test case pops up, its that end users don't habitually check
> for a compiler update. Being able to say 'look go get a new compiler' is
> productive. Especially as the kernel can panic with a URL ;)
> 
> Alan

Here we agree.

Hans
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