Where is the C Compiler?

[Rich Rudnick]

On Sat, 2005-04-02 at 00:16 +0100, 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.

Very simple. He used a compiler (on a VAX IIRC, but I could be mistaken)
that wasn't 'free' until gcc bootstrapped. I forget where, but Stallmann
once made the case that using non-free tools to create free tools was
not just ok, but mandatory.