Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!deccrl!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!news.funet.fi!uta!kielo!av From: av@kielo.uta.fi (Arto V. Viitanen) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: GNU C and/or C++ compiler for a 286 : where can I get it Message-ID: Date: 28 Mar 91 06:49:45 GMT References: <1991Mar27.024609.16247@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> Sender: news@uta.fi Reply-To: av@uta.fi (Arto V. Viitanen) Organization: University of Tampere, Finland Lines: 23 Nntp-Posting-Host: uta.fi In-reply-to: rcotl@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au's message of 27 Mar 91 02:46:09 GMT >>>>> On 27 Mar 91 02:46:09 GMT, rcotl@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Tim Liddelow [The Mad Monk]) said: Tim> I am looking for the GNU C or C++ compiler for an AT. Can someone Tim> tell me what the latest version is and where I can get it ? in GNU C's documentation is said : GNU CC and Portability : ********************** : : The main goal of GNU CC was to make a good, fast compiler for : machines in the class that the GNU system aims to run on: 32-bit : ^^^^^^ : machines that address 8-bit bytes and have several general registers. : Elegance, theoretical power and simplicity are only secondary. Since 80286 is 16-bit processor AT is 16-bit machine, it seems that there is no GNU C for ATs. (There are two for 386 PCs, but that's different). -- Arto V. Viitanen email: av@kielo.uta.fi University Of Tampere, av@ohdake.cs.uta.fi Finland