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		cm3 on April 27, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GCC 6.1 Released This will be fun (not) for distributions. Clang and G++ also seem to be slower when a newer C++ standard is enabled. I don't really buy the argument that changing the default will help new users who want to use C++11 features. Why not make C++14 the default then?

Kristine1975 on April 27, 2016 [–]

>Why not make C++14 the default then?

I might be misunderstanding something, but gcc 6.1 does make C++14 the default.

cm3 on April 27, 2016 | [–]

No, you're right, I misread it.

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