[PLUG] OT ReactOS and GNU...

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

someone wrote:
> It seems there is extreme prejudice in the ReactOS community regarding
> GNU's C++ compiler, anyone know why?  I suggested that object oriented
> programming might be appropriate and that temporary fixes might be
> worthwhile only to be shot down and told that gcc c++ is a
> "hell of a mess."  Well, does gcc c++ 4 deserve that reputation?
> I will say that I haven't experienced any trouble with it.

I wouldn't say there's anything wrong with the GCC implementation of C++
so much as there are things wrong with the C++ language itself. GCC is
damn near perfect, especially when you take into account the number of
languages it translates, the quality of executables it produces and the
huge layer of tools built around it.

There are compilers that are better for some purposes -- the Intel
compilers and libraries do a *slightly* better job at optimizing
number-crunching code to Intel processors, for example. But on the
whole, I'd say that the Gnu Compiler Collection is one of the finest
pieces of software engineering in existence today.