From: Thom Johansen <areffhau AT online DOT no>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Anybody want the ECGS based PGCC?
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 20:48:09 +0100
Organization: SOL Internett
Lines: 56
Message-ID: <34354BF8.245DBA33@online.no>
References: <199710031737 DOT AA164830232 AT typhoon DOT rose DOT hp DOT com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: ti11a04-0004.dialup.online.no
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Precedence: bulk

Andrew Crabtree wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> _______
> ___________________________________________________________
>            /                                              Andrew
> Crabtree
>           /                                   Workgroup Networks
> Division
>          ____       ___  /
> Hewlett-Packard
>         /     /    /    /                                   Roseville,
> CA
>      __/   __/    _____/
> 916/785-1675
>                  /
> andrewc AT rosemail DOT rose DOT hp DOT com
> ___________   __/
> _____________________________________________________

what are you waiting for?? put it up (please??)