Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: GNU c and c++ under MINIX
Message-ID: <1988Sep14.231341.28771@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <2358@alliant.Alliant.COM>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 88 23:13:41 GMT

In article <2358@alliant.Alliant.COM> rosenkra@alliant.UUCP (Bill Rosenkranz) writes:
>... gcc has already been ported
>to the atari ST (but it has more memory :^). it is BIG and this might be
>a problem on 640k systems.

More like "disaster" than "problem".  The people who ported it to STs were
probably using Mega STs; I'd be surprised if it would fit on a 1040ST with
a mere megabyte.  Gcc needs **IMMENSE** amounts of memory to compile any
substantial program.
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