Re: Putting C++ code into gcc front end

[Lars Segerlund <lars dot segerlund at comsys dot se>]

 So now we don't have a problem at all with bootstrap time ?

 Compile/bootstrap time is a real issue for a lot of people working 
with gcc & friends.

 This relating to bootstraping more code is good ....

 / Lars Segerlund.

Michael Matz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Benjamin Kosnik wrote:
>
>
> > > what if we only built the C front end, optimizers, and back end during
> > > all three stages of a bootstrap?  And then came back to build the other
> > > front ends when we were done?
> >
> > I think this sounds like a really good idea.
>
>
> No, it's not.  Of course it depends on which parts you're interested.
> But for me, bootstrapping more source is better than fewer for reasons
> given in another mail from me.  Building the compilers actually doesn't
> take that much more time.  Surely less time than libstdc++ and libjava.
>
>
> Ciao,
> Michael.