question

Joe Buck jbuck@synopsys.com
Mon Apr 6 09:34:00 GMT 1998


>  It thought it stands for something like 
>  "Enhanced Gnu Compiler System"

The GCS does indeed stand for "GNU compiler system".  However, the E
may have multiple meanings ("experimental" to please some, "enhanced"
to please others, ...).  So in the end when we announced egcs we just
didn't say.



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