Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 30 Sep 99 19:20:13 +0200 | From | Erik Mouw <> | Subject | Re: [Q]: Linux and real device drivers |
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On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:48:10 +0200, Drizzt wrote: > Decía David Weinehall: >> >> Is it really? We sure as hell can do a lot that Windows can do, and quite >> a few of these things (like stability, speed etc.) is because we don't tie >> down ourselves with binary compability. > This is a BAD thing. If you don't mantain binary compatibily _at least_ in > stable realeases, all could be a nightmare. Last time someone changes de > libstdc++ for example, I have to recompile ALL kde. I don't know WHY, binary > compatibily in stables releases are bad. And no, I no have time to recompile > all system for every interface change. I have to study and work too.
You mean binary compatibility in the *same* stable release. You are probably referring to the compatibility between g++ 2.7.2.x, g++ 2.8.x, and g++ 2.95.x: that's comparing *between* stable releases. Those C++ compiler versions are indeed not binary compatible, and it is done for good reasons.
Erik
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