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:Info

[Yarn]

I would be quite happy if the entire 'info' system dissapeared off the face of my installation, permanently.

It's a pita to use/write/index

man forever!

KDE speedup ?

[crsm]

A new 2.2.5 version of glibc is also out and this is perhaps even better news for KDE users. According to the glibc changelog:

• optimizations in the dynamic linker. binaries created by recent binutils versions start up quicker due to reduced time spend on relocations.

If I am reading this correctly, this is the much talked-about fix for the long startup times of KDE programs.

Yay :-)

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.