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GCC 3.2.1 Released

Posted by timothy on from the collection-that-keeps-collecting dept.

Szplug writes "GCC 3.2.1 has been released; many C++ bugs, & notably for x86 users, MMX code generation has been fixed. From the notice, ".. the number of bug fixes is quite large, so it is strongly recommended that users of earlier GCC 3.x releases upgrade to GCC 3.2.1."
Here are overview and detailed change notices. Download here [gnu mirror site]."

2 of 56 comments (clear)

  1. But is it stable? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ".. the number of bug fixes is quite large, so it is strongly recommended that users of earlier GCC 3.x releases upgrade to GCC 3.2.1." ...and if you're still using 2.95.3 for real work, continue to do so.

  2. Re:How about the Intel Compiler? by diaphanous · · Score: 3, Insightful
    When will the linux kernel be compatible with ICC

    It seems to be

    why aren't more using it??

    It's proprietary software. A better question is "Why doesn't Intel dedicate engineers to optimizing gcc's code generation for ia32 and ia64?". This would be a much more useful contribution.

    ~Phillip