Which compiler

[Collins Richey]

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 00:04:10 -0500
Joel Hammer <joel at hammershome.com> wrote:

> I guess I need to install a compiler on my debian
> system. Does anyone have any suggestions of which version
> of gcc is to be preferred?
> 
> apt-get install gcc wants to install the following
> packages:
> 
>  binutils cpp cpp-3.3 gcc-3.3
> 
> Does this sound about right?
> 

<flamebait>
I have heard a lot of flaky reports on gcc 3.3; YMMV.  I'm still on gcc-3.2.3-r3 and a stable system.
</flamebait>

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