[Interest] C++11 in Qt5

[Sven Anderson]

On 11.06.2012 23:06, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> They'll just have worse code generated. But if they're using compilers that
> are 3 years old or more, it's their own fault.
>
> Most embedded systems can use GCC 4.6 or even 4.7. Certainly the most common
> processors can.

Well, I think it doesn't matter who's fault it is. We all make faults. 
The question is, if you want to ignore these cases even if they are a 
significant number.

For example, a major vendor is selling _now_ a popular SoC that comes 
with a toolchain with gcc 3.4.4(!). And you cannot upgrade yourself, 
because it's specially patched for hardware errata in the SoC. Sure, you 
can say "just don't buy it then", but these decisions are usually made 
by people, that don't have gcc versions of toolchains in mind. It's the 
sad reality.


Best regards

Sven