From:	Andrew Crabtree <andrewc AT typhoon DOT rose DOT hp DOT com>
Message-Id:	<199710031737.AA164830232@typhoon.rose.hp.com>
Subject:	Anybody want the ECGS based PGCC?
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Fri, 03 Oct 1997 10:37:11 PDT
Reply-To:	andrewc AT rosemail DOT rose DOT hp DOT com

Hello - 

I have finally gotten a djgpp build of egcs.  I have been fairly
time limited recently, and will continue to be in the future, so
I have not tested this compiler very thoroughly.  I know that 
it can recompile allegro, and that the example programs compile 
OK and run.

I honestly spent weeks (probably only 20 hours total though)
hacking with the source code and with the 
configure/makefiles just to get the stupid thing to build.  This
is very different that the pre-egcs snapshots, where I could do 
a complete build in under 30 minutes.  That stated, all I have to 
show for my efforts is just the base C compiler and libgcc.  I have the
c++ parser also, but not the supporting libraries (egcs comes 
with several additional packages beyond gcc), which I believe are needed.  
There is also a g77 
in the distribution but I haven't played with it either (although it 
tried to build itself before it would build libgcc).  I am 
also unsuccessful at getting the ld/collect2 front end built (for
repository stuff), and am not sure if it will work anyway.  Lastly, 
I didn't enable the Haifa scheduler.

That stated - Is anyone interested in me putting this up on the 
pgcc web site??  I don't have performance numbers on it, but I suspect
it to be slightly better. I know it has better AMD support (~10% speed 
increase).  

Andrew

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