Re: Tiny GCC: Pure, Unadulterated, Object Code

[Michael Witten <mfwitten at MIT dot EDU>]

On 29 Jan 2008, at 9:22 AM, NightStrike wrote:

> On 1/29/08, Michael Witten <mfwitten@mit.edu> wrote:
> > enough. Hell, the
> > configuration process isn't fine grained enough!
>
>
> You've mentioned on several occassions recently that the gcc build
> process is lacking, even moreso when handling cross compilers.  Do you
> have any proposals for a better build system?

Unfortunately, I have nothing concrete to offer, not only because I
haven't put a great deal of thought into a better system, but also
because I believe the problems are more systemic.

In particular, the entire GCC project seems to be founded upon an
unnecessary number of assumptions about its environments and its
purposes, and the build process reflects the resulting rigidity
and inconsistencies.

Indeed, the GCC is the GNU Compiler Collection; it is a conglomerate,
and the build process should reflect this fact by exposing as much
configurability between the parts as possible, while more mainstream
configurations could be set with a single switch.

Michael Witten