GCC version 4 Released ...

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Version 4.0.0 of the GNU Compiler Collection has been released. The new version finally features SSA for trees, allowing for a completely new optimization framework." The changelog is pretty lengthy, and there's updates for every language supported from Ada to Java in addition to the usual flavors of C.

*gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.0/

Fedora Core 4 will be the first major distro to include gcc4. So a major reason to upgrade.

Hehe..

And I have already installed on my KUbuntu about a week or so back!!! :lol:

And do what ? The fun of gcc 4 will be when the entire system is compiled using it all the binarys and the kernel are gcc4 compiled then the effect of the new compiler will be felt. Writing helloworld with gcc 4 is no fun.

Hmm...

You sure have a valid point there..
But the fun in getting it first is always there.
For example, I compiled my Synaptic using gcc4,
and also all the other packages i have installed over the last few days... :roll:

Lets see where the competition ends... :lol:

When FC4 is going to be launched

Gcc x.0 releases are usually buggy.
It is normally a good Idea to wait for Gcc x.1, that usually have a lot of bugfixes that make the compiler more reliable. For example, gcc 3.0 was a buggy and slow compiler.

Ditto for Fedora. It is better to wait a little and see people's reactions before switching to a newer version. If all is well, then by all means install a newer distribution.

Unless of course, you want to install the newer software as soon as you can get your hands on it.

Pallav