alex@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Alex S. Crain) (09/12/88)
Just a note for the folks who follow this stuff.... I built gcc-1.26. It bootstrapped without a hitch from gcc-1.24, I think that this is the first version that doesn't require diff files :-). The big news is that sdb support appears to be complete and works perfectly. I'm going to test it for another version or so, but I think that this is finally more stable than /bin/cc, and it certainly produces better code. As a side bar, gcc supports a -mshort switch which causes ints to be 16 bits, and there is an undocumented switch -shlib that causes gcc to link with the shared libraries, ala ccc. (i've been meaning to mention that to the GNU folks, if they don't already know, I left it in and forgot about it). And for the speed freaks out there, I've written a gnulib.s for the builtin functions that uses register argument passing, and I can convince gcc to use it. I haven't released it because I haven't figured out an easy way to impliment it via -mfastlib, or whatever. In any case, it works, although I'm sure it has bugs :-), and I'll put it out *real-soon-now*. If your interested in beta testing my hacks, by all means, send email. I don't want to start a discussion or anything, just thought inquiring minds might want to know.-- :alex. Systems Programmer nerwin!alex@umbc3.umd.edu UMBC alex@umbc3.umd.edu