[gnu.gcc] gcc on an IBM RT

larsen@uther.CS.ORST.EDU (Scott Larsen) (10/29/89)

Anyone ever installed gcc on an RT running 4.3?  What problems will I run into?

-Scott Larsen
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schwartz@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) (10/30/89)

Scott Larsen writes:
>Anyone ever installed gcc on an RT running 4.3?  
>What problems will I run into?

Neither hc and pcc can really compile gcc alone.  You have to use both
at various times.  The tar file from nyu contains prebuilt binaries
that you can use for bootstrapping, though, so this really isn't a
problem.

Beyond that, gcc-1.35.99.ROMP doesn't always generate correct code.
Some applications die with mysterious core dumps (which is better than
if they ran but computed the wrong stuff, though).  When it does work,
it is pretty good, generating smaller binaries than hc does.  (So what
else is new?)

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