Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 20:25:34 -0700 (PDT)
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To: Genady Beryozkin <c0467082 AT techst02 DOT technion DOT ac DOT il>,
        Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: Why not build in inline 80x86 assembly, like in borland C
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At 08:17  10/19/1997 +0200, Genady Beryozkin wrote:
>On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> (Btw, usually, the C compiler is machine-dependent as well, although
>> the C language is not.  GCC is unique in that most of the compiler
>> don't change at all when you port it to another CPU.  All you need to
>> produce is a bunch of files that describe the target machine.)
>> 
>
>I hope to find some time to look in the sources . Will they compile with
>BCC ?
No. The blurb from the GCC docs says "it will not compile on any DOS
compiler except itself". So you must get the distributed binary and then use
it to rebuild the sources, if you want to make any changes.

Incidentally, the Info docs include a large section on porting GCC. Read
those as well as the sources, it's quite enlightening.


Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net