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  • From: Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] split gcc spells
  • Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:17:46 -0700

Quoting Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>:
> Hi,
>
> could anyone enlighten me what we win with the split gcc spells compared
> to a single one? The user still has to choose the right compilers when
> casting the gcc spell, so nothing has changed there.
> As far as I can see all we get is a lot more maintenance for no real
> benefit, am I wrong there?

Well, the main gain is that if a user wants to add Ada they don't have to
recompile gcc, g++, etc. just to get another language, or to remove one, for
that matter. And now packages (such as some in science and elsewhere) can
directly depend on a language they need (such as g77).

-sandalle

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