🚀 go-pugleaf

wang0078@gold.tc.umn.edu (Ieyasu Wang) writes:

>Hi, everybody:
>
>	This is my first time posting the news here.  I am interested in 
>learning how to write a compiler.  I heard that gcc is a free shareware
>which I can copy .  I wouldlike to know is it possible I can get the
>source code and header file from somewhere and is the source code in C or
>C++? 

Reading the gcc source is probably not the best way to _start_ learning
how to write a compiler.  It is rather big and complicated and would be
difficult to understand, especially if you hadn't read any good books
on compilers.

Gcc is written in C.

If you want to know how to get it, here's the trailer that gets
appended to all the GNU announcements:

[ Most GNU software is packed using the new `gzip' compression program.
  Source code is available on most sites distributing GNU software.

  For information on how to order GNU software on tape, floppy, or cd-rom,
  check the file etc/ORDERS in the GNU Emacs distribution or in GNUinfo/ORDERS
  on prep, or e-mail a request to: gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu

  By ordering tapes from the FSF you help us continue to develop more free
  software.  Media revenues are our primary source of support.  Donations to
  FSF are deductible on US tax returns.

  The above software will soon be at these ftp sites as well.
  Please try them before prep.ai.mit.edu!   thanx -gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu
	ASIA: ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp, utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp:/ftpsync/prep,
  cair.kaist.ac.kr:/pub/gnu
	AUSTRALIA: archie.au:/gnu (archie.oz or archie.oz.au for ACSnet)
	AFRICA: ftp.sun.ac.za:/pub/gnu
	MIDDLE-EAST: ftp.technion.ac.il:/pub/unsupported/gnu
	EUROPE: irisa.irisa.fr:/pub/gnu, ftp.univ-lyon1.fr:pub/gnu,
  ftp.mcc.ac.uk, unix.hensa.ac.uk:/pub/uunet/systems/gnu,
  src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/gnu, ftp.win.tue.nl, ugle.unit.no, ftp.denet.dk,
  ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:/pub/gnu, ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de,
  ftp.eunet.ch, nic.switch.ch:/mirror/gnu, ftp.funet.fi:/pub/gnu, isy.liu.se,
  ftp.stacken.kth.se, ftp.luth.se:/pub/unix/gnu, archive.eu.net
	WESTERN CANADA: ftp.cs.ubc.ca:/mirror2/gnu
	USA: wuarchive.wustl.edu:/mirrors/gnu, labrea.stanford.edu,
  ftp.kpc.com:/pub/mirror/gnu, ftp.cs.widener.edu, uxc.cso.uiuc.edu,
  ftp.hawaii.edu:/mirrors/gnu, ftp.cs.columbia.edu:/archives/gnu/prep,
  col.hp.com:/mirrors/gnu, gatekeeper.dec.com:/pub/GNU, ftp.uu.net:/systems/gnu
]

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Fergus Henderson                     fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU