FreePascal

[Alan McKinnon]

On Tuesday 14 March 2006 22:54, Matthew R. Dempsky wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 03:46:02PM -0500, Phillip Susi wrote:
> > Matthew R. Dempsky wrote:
> > > Which compiler does Ubuntu use to compile their gcc packages?
> >
> > gcc of course.
>
> You seem to have missed my point.

Cute, but off the mark. There's no such thing as a self-compile, but 
it does make for a good programmer's in-joke. Using gcc to build gcc 
is just another compile. Stick in some C code, get a binary out. In 
this case the binary happens to be, by coincidence, a build of a 
program called gcc.

If you don't have a gcc on your host to build a new gcc then you can 
either a) build gcc with any C compiler or b) cross compile from 
another architecture.

The real question is: what's the problem with compiling the first Free 
Pascal to start the process of compiling all subsequent versions?

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Alan McKinnon
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