[sclug] GCC extensions

[Dickon Hood]

On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 12:44:29 +0100, Alex Butcher wrote:
: Useful reference:

: <http://rlove.org/log/2005102601>

: Robert also suggests using a header file which defines away the extensions
: if the compiler isn't GCC, or is too old to provide the extensions, thereby
: making code which uses them (more) portable.

Having just had to deal with some code which uses a bunch of GCC
extensions, using a non-GCC compiler (Sun's Forte compilers generate much
better code, so we use them in production), I must strongly say:

DO NOT USE GCC EXTENSIONS IN CODE, *ESPECIALLY* IF YOU'RE SURE YOU'LL
NEVER NEED TO COMPILE IT ON ANY OTHER PLATFORM USING ANY OTHER COMPILER.
Because you'll be wrong.

That is all.

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