gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler?
Steve Kargl
sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu
Fri Jan 9 07:11:25 PST 2009
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 09:49:11AM +0100, Ollivier Robert wrote:
> According to Steve Kargl:
> > Probably not for a very long time. gcc 4.3 requires both GMP and
> > MPFR libraries. Neither library is in src.
>
> I do not know what MPFR is (something about FP, right?) but I wonder at why
> GMP could be needed by a compiler...
>
http://www.mpfr.org/
The MPFR library is a C library for multiple-precision floating-point
computations with correct rounding.
It's used for constant folding.
--
Steve
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