From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:53:03 +0000 From: Greg Comeau Message-ID: References: , <5d375e920802040309v626ee945qdf9e274aad2fac23@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] A newbie question... Topicbox-Message-UUID: 48cb3512-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 In article <5d375e920802040309v626ee945qdf9e274aad2fac23@mail.gmail.com>, Uriel <9fans@cse.psu.edu> wrote: >> Although I keep hearing different stories about the gcc availble for >> Plan 9 (it makes little sense to me to hear "it does not work" because >> something had to be used to compile Plan 9 itself, etc and I figure it's >> not being done as a cross-compiler). > >http://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs/new_c_compilers/ (I don't know the >exact date, but this was probably written in the late 80's) >http://cm.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/compiler.html > >But I must be having delusions, because everyone knows there were no C >compilers in the universe before God RMS gave us the Golden GCC. Nope, just for whatever reason, a link to gcc for Plan 9 came up when I looked. Which is why I asked because it did not make sense (including what I was told in email, though not by Steve). -- Greg Comeau / 4.3.9 with C++0xisms now in beta! Comeau C/C++ ONLINE ==> http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout World Class Compilers: Breathtaking C++, Amazing C99, Fabulous C90. Comeau C/C++ with Dinkumware's Libraries... Have you tried it?