Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970916191421.006b8628@dce03.ipt.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 16:14:21 -0300 To: "Russ Williams" , djgpp AT delorie DOT com From: Cesar Scarpini Rabak Subject: Re: The numer 1 compiler, DJGPP or MSVC Here's a good rating comparision Precedence: bulk At 10:25 16/09/97 GMT, Russ Williams wrote: [snipped] >BTW - Most of the support I've seen for DJGPP involves "don't worry, >that's fixed in 2.8.0". If any commercial compiler manufacturers find >a critical bug, they'll patch it within days - their livelihood depends on >it. That's a damn sight bigger incentive than anything DJGPP/GCC >can come up with. This must be in fantasyland! We humble users of M$ and Borland compilers have to wait for the patchs or new releases of the software. I know better, when we faced a bug in MSC 6.0 compiler (which also gave the infamous "internal compiler error"), reported to Microsoft, and the only answer we received was "a work around to problem", i,e. to avoid the specific switches and code construct combinations, and the reassuring info that the problem was solved in version 7.0! My coleagues here have similar experiencies with Borland C/C++ 3.1 (not Turbo) with huge pointers. So not always it comes _within days_. Also, because GCC compiler is not made for profit and does not change stock of FSF if some flawn is found on it, it is easier to have a bug promptly acknowledged/reported than some other companies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cesar Scarpini Rabak E-mail: csrabak AT ipt DOT br DME/ASC Phone: 55-11-268-3522 Ext.350 IPT - Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas Fax: 55-11-268-5996 Av. Prof. Almeida Prado, 532. Sao Paulo - SP 05508-901 BRAZIL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~