-You will also need a decent ANSI-compliant C++-compiler. We recommend
-the C++ compiler from the GNU compiler collection, GCC >= 3.0. If you
-have a different or older compiler you are on your own. Note that you
-may have to use the same compiler you compiled CLN with because of
-differing name-mangling schemes.
+You will also need a decent ANSI-compliant C++-compiler. We recommend the
+C++ compiler from the GNU compiler collection, GCC >= 3.0. If you have a
+different or older compiler you are on your own. Note that you may have to
+use the same compiler you compiled CLN with because of differing
+name-mangling schemes.
+
+Known to work with:
+ - Linux on x86, Alpha and Sparc using GCC 3.0.x, 3.1 and 3.2.
+
+Known not to work with:
+ - GCC 2.96 or earlier because proper exception and standard library support
+ is missing there.