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Re: 'gcc' Software
- To: martin at loewis dot home dot cs dot tu-berlin dot de (Martin v. Loewis)
- Subject: Re: 'gcc' Software
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at possibly dot synopsys dot com>
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 16:06:43 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: jcasey at gnu dot org, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
> > %%short-description: C compiler
>
> Would "GNU Compiler Collection" be too long for a short description?
"C compiler" is not an adequate description.
> The GCC project typically releases GCC with all languages included,
> instead of having separate packages. Also, "all languages" currently
> means C, C++, Objective C, Java, and Chill. It is the GNU/Linux
> distributors that typically decide to split this up into packages.
Fortran as well.
> > %%programs:
>
> gcc, cpp, gcov, protoize, unprotoize
>
> If you count the other languages as well:
> c++, c++filt, chill, g++, g77, gcj, gcjh, jcf-dump, jv-scan
They all need to be counted.
> > %%support:
>
> None, given that "bug list", and "help list" are separate entries.
From the original announcement, I believe that this line refers to people
willing to provide support services?