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From: hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu)
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Subject: Re: GCC on a 16-bit machine?
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Date: 4 Oct 88 19:06:04 GMT
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In article <8810040726.AA09690@decwrl.dec.com> dan%jeremy.DEC@DECWRL.DEC.COM (Dan Frommer) writes:
>Would GCC port easily to a 16-bit machine? Has anyone ever tried this?
>
>Dan

GCC has been ported to the Atari ST already, which uses an MC68000 CPU. It's
claimed to be a 32 bit processor by some, but is generally considered a 16 bit
machine. John Dunning at Symbolics did the port.
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