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Message-ID: <4722600A.4090903@cateee.net> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:45:46 +0200 From: Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@...eee.net> 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 wrote: > The gcc lists seem to often get to the point where people quote the > standard, and that's that. In that environment, the paper standard (that > hass *nothing* to do with reality) trumps any other argument. "What we do > is _allowed_ by the standard" seems to be a good argument, even if it > breaks real code and there is no sane way to avoid doing it. So we have the great opportunity to change the standard, then gcc will change ;-) C is in pre-review phase, and it is taking proposal and correction for the C1x (so in few kernel release ;-) ) ciao cate - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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