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Re: debug evaluator is faster than regular one?
- To: Jost Boekemeier <jostobfe at linux dot zrz dot TU-Berlin dot DE>
- Subject: Re: debug evaluator is faster than regular one?
- From: Ian Grant <Ian dot Grant at cl dot cam dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:22:30 +0100
- cc: Brad Knotwell <knotwell at ix dot netcom dot com>, guile at sourceware dot cygnus dot com, Ian dot Grant at cl dot cam dot ac dot uk
> Why? Are there any machines on which gcc is not available?
I don't know. But sometimes there are issues with calling conventions
(passing structs by value and what-not) and people need to use the native
compiler because they're linking with code that was compiled with the native
compiler. I think instances like this are rare, but they happen.
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