Why GCC 4?

[Albert]

CJ Kelley wrote:
> 
> 
> */Julio Biason <julio.biason at gmail.com>/* wrote:
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>  ----CJ's Reply----
>     GCC 4 (i think) is a newer version. I believe the ubuntu site may
>     have had gcc 4 for downlaods. GCC 4 (if it is teh newest version)
>     supports more commands then the older versions of GCC...If you dont
>     know what GCC Is, GCC is a C (or C++) Compiler. I dont know much on
>     how to use GCC (as i dont use GCC hardly at all), but im sure that
>     the ubuntu site or google will have documentation on the newer
>     features and documentation of how to use GCC for those who are
>     inexperienced with GCC
>     ----End of reply----
 >
>     On 3/13/06, Matthew R. Dempsky wrote:
>      > On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 12:47:33AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>      > > I've wondered about this for a while. How come Ubuntu is
>     compiled with
>      > > gcc 4? Is there a specific technical advantage to doing this?
>      >
>      > Is there a specific technical advantage not to?
> 
>     Hm... 3.x has years of field evaluation and bug fixing? :)
> 
>     As far as I know, 4.x is more standards-compliant, which is a good
>     thing. Several programs can't compile against 4.x, due some way
>     optimizations are done now (where it seems is the greatest point of
>     4.x, although isn't fully explored yet).
> 
>     --
>     Julio Biason
> 

Just curious what email handler you are using that causes you to have to 
  embed  "----CJ's Reply----...----End of reply----" in someone elses reply.