Check out this mail and the thread around it: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-02/msg01823.html http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-02/msg01823.html They've argued thi

Check out this mail and the thread around it: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-02/msg01823.html http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-02/msg01823.html They've argued this many times on the gcc list.