🚀 go-pugleaf

>>>>> "Ed" == Ed Whittemore <apple!maxed.amg.com!ed> writes:

> I'm helping someone who is looking for GCC for Interactive Unix
> (PC-based Unix).  He has *no* compiler at the moment, so compiling a
> compiler is not possible.  If anyone can provide some help, please
> do...

Ed> Why do people thing the GNU C compiler is a drop in replacement for an
Ed> entire development package?

Because it can be.

Ed> GCC will do you NO GOOD without the Interactive Software Development
Ed> Package because you still won't have the libraries and header files.

Ed> You must get the software develpment package to use gcc.

This is not entirely true.

One person must have the software development package. They can then
bring up gcc and glibc (which includes the header files) and then they
can give away the binaries and headers (which contain only copylefted
code).

At this point, they can even delete the inferior (my experience, my
opinion) vendor-supplied software development package. They can bring
up gdb to do debugging. GNU malloc is *much* better than any
vendor-supplied library. RCS/VCS for version
control/release-engineering. Bison to replace yacc. Flex as a lex
replacement. The list goes on and on and on...

			---Kayvan

| Kayvan Sylvan, Sylvan Associates, kayvan@satyr.Sylvan.COM, (408) 978-1407  |
| Consulting, Training, Development, SysAdmin, {BSD,SVr3,SVr4} Unix Systems  |
| "Think Globally, Act Locally." "Only you can make your dreams come true."  |
| Proud Dad of Katherine Yelena (born 8/8/89) & Robin Gregory (born 2/28/92) |