linux-kernel - Re: Is gcc thread-unsafe?

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Date:	Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:34:34 +0100
From:	Andrew Haley <aph@...hat.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is gcc thread-unsafe?

Linus Torvalds writes:
 
 > So my basic worry about gcc is in fact none of the individual
 > technical problems themselves - those can be fixed. No, the problem
 > I've seen in gcc is that _some_ of the developers seem to be total
 > d*ckheads when it comes to "language definition", and seem to think
 > that it's more important to read the language spec like a lawyer
 > than it is to solve actual user problems.

Well, yeah.  I know what you mean.  However, at this moment, some gcc
developers are trying really hard not to be total d*ckheads about this
issue, but get gcc fixed.  Give us a chance.

Andrew.

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