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Re: about to port GCC
Alvaro Hernando Salazar V. wrote:
> > The question is if you are porting GCC to 68HC08. If
> > not, why?
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 05:55:14PM -0700, Jim Wilson wrote:
> Most GCC work is done by volunteers. Doing a port is a significant
> amount of work. We can't do it just because you ask. You will have to
> find a volunteer to do the work if you want the port.
Actually, while some ports were contributed by volunteers, many GCC ports
were done because someone was paid full-time to work on the port, in many
cases by the processor vendor or someone else with a financial interest in
a good GCC port for the processor.