[cfe-dev] RFC: A proposal to move toward using C++11 features in LLVM & Clang / bounding support for old host compilers

[Benjamin Kramer]

On 27.10.2013, at 14:43, C. Bergström <cbergstrom at pathscale.com> wrote:

> On 10/27/13 08:31 PM, Benjamin Kramer wrote:
>> - Ubuntu is on GCC 4.7; LTS is on 4.6
> (Small nit and what it means for the conversation I don't know)
> I *just* downloaded and installed Ubuntu (non-LTS) 1-2 weeks ago - I could be mistaken, but gcc out-of-the-box was 4.4 and fully updated it's 4.8.1

Interesting, I thought they only did compiler upgrades on major releases. But installing updates is a rather small obstacle compared to upgrading your whole system.

- Ben