George Vasick wrote: >> Bart Smaalders <bart.smaalders at Sun.COM> writes: >>> The question is one of compatibility to me... the provenance of the >>> backend seems irrelevant, but its interface is not. > Compatibility is extremely important. This will be our 6th release of > gcc for Sparc with the Sun backend as the default. Many applications > have been ported to Sparc using these compilers and have achieved high > performance. > > We understand fears regarding regarding compatibility. We take > compatibility very seriously, and so far, these fears have not > materialized. We will aggressively address any compatibility issues > that may arise in the future. >
Very good.... What does the different in the output of -v --help look like for the backend (gas)? =- Bart -- Bart Smaalders Solaris Kernel Performance barts at cyber.eng.sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/barts "You will contribute more with mercurial than with thunderbird."