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- From: Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>
- To: sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [SM-Grimoire] gcc and languages
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:36:35 +0100
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 03:37:16PM -0800, Eric Sandall wrote:
> Today I was thinking (yes, I /do/ that on occasion, and sometimes it's even
> good
> ;)) about our gcc spell. Perhaps it'd be a good idea to split it and have
> gcc
> provide only c (or maybe c++ as well, but that'd break a smooth separation)
> and
> then have g<lang> as well. This way packages that depend on a certain
> langauge
> (scilab and others need Fortran [g77]) can do so, without have to just check
> for a `g77` executable.
>
> Proposed packages:
> gcc - GNU C
> g++ - GNU C++
> gobjc - GNU Objective C
> gcj - GNU Java
> gf77 - GNU Fortran 77 (and some 90)
> gada - GNU Ada 95
>
> If we wanted to, we could also split up the gcc2 spell in a similar way:
> gcc2 - GNU C 2.95
> g++2 - GNU C++ 2.95
> ...
>
> Any others? Is this a bad idea (I'm not thinking so, but that's just me ;)).
> This would also make it easier for those wanting to try a new language (or
> package that needs one) so that they don't have to recompile all their
> compilers just to add (or remove) one language.
I would welcome such a seperation, but have you actually found a way to
do it? I took a look at the language stuff in gcc when i did the initial
ada support, and i didn't see any way to seperate them. If it can be
done, do it right now, that would simplify quite a lot of dependency
stuff too (everything that depends on optional stuff like gcj, objective
c, fortran or ada is currently quite broken regarding deps).
--
Arwed v. Merkatz Sourcemage GNU/Linux developer
http://www.sourcemage.org
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[SM-Grimoire] gcc and languages,
Eric Sandall, 03/10/2004
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] gcc and languages,
Arwed von Merkatz, 03/10/2004
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] gcc and languages,
Andrew, 03/10/2004
- Re: [SM-Grimoire] gcc and languages, Chris Dennis, 03/10/2004
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] gcc and languages,
Robin Cook, 03/11/2004
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] gcc and languages,
Eric Sandall, 03/11/2004
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] gcc and languages,
Ladislav Hagara, 03/11/2004
- Re: [SM-Grimoire] gcc and languages, Eric Sandall, 03/11/2004
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] gcc and languages,
Ladislav Hagara, 03/11/2004
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] gcc and languages,
Eric Sandall, 03/11/2004
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] gcc and languages,
Andrew, 03/10/2004
- Re: [SM-Grimoire] gcc and languages, Terry Ross, 03/10/2004
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] gcc and languages,
Arwed von Merkatz, 03/10/2004
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