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Re: [RFC] Changing the implementation language of the fortran front-end
On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 10:17:03 +0100
"Richard Guenther" <richard.guenther@gmail.com> wrote:
> > #1. Have to build g++ and the g++ libraries prior to compiling
> > gfortran.
> > #2. The executable (might) be larger.
>
> Downside number #1 is actually no problem in practice unless you do not
> want to suffer the extra build time.
Speaking as an end user, I do build gcc on some older platforms where building g++ is generally prohibitive for me in terms of time (even with --disable-multilib I've had build times of several days). I have sometimes also had difficulty in successfully building g++ on platforms such as rs6000-ibm-aix4.*. Very rarely have I had insurmountable problems with --enable-languages=c,fortran though!
Would there be an intention be to drop fortran support for older systems?
Steve E
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