Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 19:33:54 -0800 (PST)
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To: rjvdboon AT cs DOT vu DOT nl (Boon van der RJ), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: gcc280b.zip
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At 11:40  3/12/1998 GMT, Boon van der RJ wrote:
>Nate Eldredge (eldredge AT ap DOT net) wrote:
>>At 02:24  3/11/1998 -0600, J.E. wrote:
>>IMHO, you probably need 2.8.0 only in the following circumstances:
>>
>>* You have noticed bugs in 2.7.2.1 that bother you.
>>* You use C++ and need decent exceptions support.
>
>Not a good reason, if i am correct. See another thread (bugs in 2.8.0)
>on this newsgroup going on. Robert Hoehne replied there:
[snipped]

Yeah, I posted that before seeing Robert's post. :( But in the meantime I
have also found another reason:

* Template support is much better.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net