Hey Benny!   
      
    BP> old cat   
      
   For sure.  Seems to me that prior to gcc-2.95.x I was using egcs-1.1.2 on the   
   first PC (486) I had booting an early version of Slackware way back when.    
   Before that it was whatever version of gcc on Solaris where I first learned   
   C.  Before that it was F77 (FORTRAN) on VAX/VMS which had nothing to do with   
   gcc.   
      
    BP> no, if no python there is no gentoo   
      
   That is why I don't use it.  I do have python since newer glib needs it but   
   once that is compiled it isn't required on the targetted system.  I need glib   
   for mc and if it weren't for that then glib would get the heave-ho.  :::evil   
   grin:::  I find mc too handy for browsing archives and other such activities.   
      
    BP> gentoo need --std=c++14 now   
      
   I have stumbled across a few sources that use c++14.  Not much though.   
      
    BP> thats still unstable on gentoo   
      
   Not really too surprising.  So which version of gcc are you using?   
      
    BP> thats still masked on gentoo   
      
   Again not really surprising, especially if xorg and friends are required.  At   
   the moment I notice mesa has issues but they may have fixed it since I last   
   looked.  I imagine it is fixed given that the glibc-2.27 release isn't too far   
   off.  Usually the end of December.  Then of course will be the release of   
   gcc-8 which I am guessing will be sometime in the spring.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
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