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On that note I beleive GCC 2.95.3 (released 2001) is the last gcc written in C, therefore one of the most important versions and still used for bootstrapping
by latenightcoding 3y ago
On that note I beleive GCC 2.95.3 (released 2001) is the last gcc written in C, therefore one of the most important versions and still used for bootstrapping
- jcranmer 3y agoNo, C++ wasn't used for gcc until 4.8 (released 2013). Source: https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.8/changes.html https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.8/changes.html
- sanxiyn 3y agoFor this reason, maintaining GCC 4.7 is one of long-term high-impact projects of Bootstrappable Builds project. https://bootstrappable.org/projects.html https://bootstrappable.org/projects.html
- lmk2009 3y agoI never understood why one would subject themselves to bootstrap a system using this method instead of simply cross compiling?
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y agoCross compiling only helps with a subset of uses. If you're doing it for security reasons (to counter the Trusting Trust attack), you aren't coming from another current-edition GCC/clang, you're coming from the simplest compiler you could find.