Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 11:22:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ken Bowen <ken AT jarrett DOT als DOT com>
Subject: Re: Gnu Compiler v 2.5.x and older Libc.a wanted
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Cc: mwodrich AT cs DOT uct DOT ac DOT za, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

> > I am currently using 2.6.3, which seems to be pretty buggy, especially when
> > optimising larger (>1 module) programs.
> 
> Are you sure?  Gcc 2.6.3 has been known to recompile itself (>>1 module program)
> with optimizations enabled, so at least it's not as buggy as your posting might
> imply.

It is anything but buggy.  It compiles (with optimizations) all of ALS Prolog,
a quite substantial program.

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