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Re: [committed as obvious] GNU CC -> GCC in f/
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>
- To: Kai Henningsen <kaih at khms dot westfalen dot de>
- Cc: <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:47:00 +0000 (GMT)
- Subject: Re: [committed as obvious] GNU CC -> GCC in f/
On 13 Mar 2003, Kai Henningsen wrote:
> neroden at twcny dot rr dot com (Nathanael Nerode) wrote on 12.03.03 in <20030313023533 dot GA4137 at doctormoo>:
>
> > The packaging and compiler portions of GNU Fortran are based largely
> > -on the GNU CC compiler.
> > +on the GCC compiler.
>
> > @xref{G++ and GCC,,Compile C; C++; Objective-C; Ada; Fortran;
> > or Java,gcc,Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)},
> > for information on the way different languages are handled
> > -by the GNU CC compiler (@command{gcc}).
> > +by the GCC compiler (@command{gcc}).
>
> (perhaps more)
>
> "The GNU compiler collection compiler"?
>
> That sounds wrong.
The problem here is that parts of the Fortran manual need a rewrite to
change emphasis, not a search-and-replace. The present wording has
emphasis appropriate for the days when g77 was distributed with a large
patch to back end and common code that had to be applied to a particular
gcc (C/C++/ObjC) release, so it describes g77 as being based on the C
compiler. The appropriate emphasis is that g77 is one of many front ends
and is a _part_ of GCC (not based on it). Similarly, the claim that a GNU
Fortran installation includes a modified gcc command is wrong - there is
no such thing as a GNU Fortran installation, just a GCC installation that
may include various subsets of the front ends.
--
Joseph S. Myers
jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk