Re: Using gcc'isms

From: Miguel de Icaza <miguel nuclecu unam mx>
To: tromey cygnus com
CC: andreas ag or at, davecook home com, gnome-list gnome org
Subject: Re: Using gcc'isms
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 14:14:10 -0500


> My understanding is that on some platforms, gcc isn't all that great.
> For instance, Irix 6 boxes had problems because gcc didn't (or
> doesn't?  I don't know the current state) fully support the ABI.

That is correct.  gcc on IRIX only supports the old ABI calling
convention.  The change to the new ABI was done because the old
calling convention proved to be very inefficient.

Miguel.

References:
- Re: Using gcc'isms
  - From: Tom Tromey

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