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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for November
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:08:15
Message-Id: 200611080105.35137.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for November by Steve Long
1 On Tuesday 07 November 2006 22:47, Steve Long wrote:
2 > I understand the ABI changes at major compiler upgrades, especially for
3 > C++. Is this such a problem for C?
4
5 i think you misread his e-mail
6
7 regardless, stable ABIs guarantee forward compatibility, not backwards
8
9 you're also not considering the fact that any ABI can have a bump in its
10 version # and thus break things, not just C++
11 -mike

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