Where is the C Compiler?
baza
baza at themauvezone.fsnet.co.uk
Sat Apr 2 00:07:41 UTC 2005
Daniel Taylor wrote:
> Hey,
>
> This is a slightly off topic question,
>
> How was gcc complied before gcc was compiled in order for it to be
> able to compile gcc? if you understand my chicken vs egg logic.
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Daniel
>
If I have it right Richard Stallman coded it so there would be a 'free'
compiler. It was thought to be an important milestone for the GNU
project to have a C compiler.
Baza
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