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Article #4289Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
From: Sami Sihvonen
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:07
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:07
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In article <agcc9q$kpbut$2@ID-125932.news.dfncis.de>, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org> wrote: > It turned out to be a goal to get it to self-host, so they used GCC as > a compiler, You mean GNU GCC? Thank you for that information that I didn't think about: Linux-kernel is compiled with GNU Project efforts. Is there a non-GNU product that can compile Linux-kernel? > and modified GLIBC to get what became Linux's libc. (Which > corresponds to "Hey, let's port glibc to Linux for our system!") > MUCH later on, there has been a convergence back towards the GNU > GLIBC, but that took place WAY later. Btw, Free Software Foundation funded converting of GLIBC to be compatible with GNU/Linux Operating System out-of-the-box... -- "If you forget, I mind you. If you lose your head, I will find you. If you are paranoid, I'm behind you." -- Holly Valance song "Kiss Kiss"
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