I have an application that has me forced to use gcc 2.95.3 on solaris/
SPARC. I am wondering, is there any problem with and older gcc like
this using a library that was compiled with gcc 3.4?

What if I get a version of this library compiled with sun pro? Is it
an issue then if I use this old gcc and attempt to call functions in
this library?

Thanks much,
mohan

Mohan Khurana <mohankhurana@gmail.com> writes:

> I have an application that has me forced to use gcc 2.95.3 on solaris/
> SPARC.

How can an application force you to do anything?
Did it put a gun to your head?

Now, if the app fails to compile with newer gcc, and you are too
lazy to fix its source so it does, that's another story.

> I am wondering, is there any problem with and older gcc like
> this using a library that was compiled with gcc 3.4?

If the library is "pure C", then it will most likely work.
If the library is "C++", it will not.

> What if I get a version of this library compiled with sun pro?

Exact same deal -- "C" will most likely work, "C++" -- no way.

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