From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:50:50 -0400 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20110717110827.1ab754d1@lahti.ethans.dre.am> References: <20110715151535.GA2405@polynum.com> <20110716180627.GA29488@polynum.com> <201107162256.53336.dexen.devries@gmail.com> <20110717110827.1ab754d1@lahti.ethans.dre.am> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [9fans] NUMA Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0351ca56-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > Gcc has mutual incompatibilities between different versions of itself, > caused by its attempts to correctly interpret the heavyweight C > standards we have today, but I wouldn't say gcc is the big problem. > Some of the most essential libraries in a Linux system are real > bugbears to compile, particularly for a new arch. actually the incompatabilities are sometimes caused by gcc's changing abi, but most often by gnu libc, which treats backwards compatability like a fish fillet—something that should be tossed in three days or less. why do you think the size or complexity of the code has anything to do with it? - erik