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From: tower@bu-it.BU.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Subject: Re: Info wanted on portable C compilers
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Date: 26 Oct 88 22:46:21 GMT
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In-Reply-To: Dan Frommer's message of 21 Oct 88 17:12:00 GMT <2814@ima.ima.isc.com>

People have used GCC as a cross-compiler for 16 bit machines hosted on
32 bit machines.  There has also been a port to VAX/VMS.  It was a
bear, because the VMS C Compiler had problems with some gcc code.
There is now a boot-strap binary that the VMS users are using to build
new versions.

If you like details on either the 16 bit cross compilation ports or
the VMS port, ask on info-gcc@prep.ai.mit.edu.

Expect to do a lot of the work yourself.  The GNU project might
incorporate many of you changes back into the main distribution.  But
the project's limited resources limit just how much support can be
given to ports that are far off the beaten track.

enjoy -len 
[From tower@bu-it.BU.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.)]
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