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Re: Putting C++ code into gcc front end
- From: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha at arm dot com>
- To: Joern Rennecke <joern dot rennecke at superh dot com>
- Cc: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha at arm dot com>, Olivier Galibert <galibert at pobox dot com>, Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>, Rupert Wood <me at rupey dot net>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 18:06:59 +0000
- Subject: Re: Putting C++ code into gcc front end
- Organization: ARM Ltd.
- Reply-to: Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com
> > > > Just at this point it isn't reasonable to assume that there
> > > > are conforming (even sufficiently conforming) C++ compilers widely
> > > > available on the wide range of hosts that GCC currently supports.
> > > > There is gcc 3.2.2.
> >
> > But that doesn't support hosts that might come along in the future (or are
> > you proposing to maintain it in perpetuity?)
>
> Well, for new hosts, we can use a cross-compiler on an established host to
> start the bootstrapping.
> That way, we need no pre-existing compiler on the new system.
*IF* you don't need proprietary tools on the target to produce your image.
R.