[Info-vax] VMS Features I Wish Linux Had

[Bob Koehler]

In article <c16bef53-6336-4362-ad57-7de90f388790 at googlegroups.com>, johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk writes:
> 
> gcc/gas is great (considering), but why would anyone move
> to a swiss penknife like gcc if their own tool for the
> safety-critical job is relatively simple maintainable
> helpful and proven? 

   There are human (life) rated systems that use gcc based compilers.
   There are also chips so poorly understood by gcc that it cut
   performance in half from what the vendor's compiler did.

   YMWV.

   But if you have a simple, maintainable solution, keep it.