Date:	Mon, 3 Feb 92 18:10:33 EST
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To:	SORROW%MAPLE DOT decnet AT pine DOT circa DOT ufl DOT edu
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Why doesn't djgpp recompile itself?
Status:	O

>This may seem real stupid, but I know that djgpp was written using 
>Turbo C....but why hasn't it been written and recompiled using it
>self...or has this been done and I'm just not catching this?

Because gcc can't produce 16-bit code.  RMS would like gcc 2.0 to be
ported to 8086 16-bit mode so that this recompile is possible.
Personally, I don't feel like teaching gcc about segment registers.

DJ
dj AT ctron DOT com
Life is a banana.

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