GCC 3.0.4 is Out

Isle writes: "GCC 3.0.4 has finally been released. As those who has tried the prereleases will know this version finally compiles a working version of aRts and thus compiles the entire KDE-suite. With the Linux kernel compiling already with the 3.0.3 version, gcc 3.0 now compiles all major projects I know of. Is it finally time to dump that good old 2.95?"

Comments

Re:C++ too slow

[__past__]

How would using GTK+ make GCC use precompiled headers?

A more interesting question seems to be: Do the binaries run faster? Some people happen to run their apps more often than they compile them...

Re:C++ too slow

[neurojab]

There's one line in my environment setup in windows that makes it possible for me to compile my projects in the shortest possible time... DISABLE_PCH=T

Why do you want precompiled headers? Sure you might get a couple of faster compiles... when you're not scratching your head trying to figure out why PCH is failing.

GCC adding this feature would only cause me to spend more time compiling programs than I already do... unless they come up with a smarter implementation than MSVC.

Been there, done that

[devphil]

It is even slower at compiling C++ than the old one.

That's because C++ got bigger since the old one.

When will they implement precompiled headers.

A precompiled headers branch was created some time ago. Feel free to try using it. It's been implemented by two different commercial groups already; they're just merging in one of those solutions.

Perhaps you think implementing precompiled headers is easy? I invite you to try.

Oh why, why. why havnt they done it already!

If are are dissatisfied with the compiler, and unwilling to contribute your own time to make it better, you should definitely demand a refund of the money you paid for it.