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> Richard Guenther responded by saying, "Note that we can't > drive GCC into the garage and refactor it for two years." Wasn't this essentially what the egcs p
by Millennium 14y ago
> Richard Guenther responded by saying, "Note that we can't
> drive GCC into the garage and refactor it for two years."
Wasn't this essentially what the egcs project did? It's possible that GCC might need another round of this; could doing that provide a potential avenue out of the current troubles?
- ajross 14y agoNot really. EGCS was producing real, usable releases while it was forked. It wasn't a rewrite in any meaningful sense.