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Converting GCC to C++

Converting GCC to C++

Posted Jun 18, 2008 22:19 UTC (Wed) by stevenb (guest, #11536)
In reply to: Converting GCC to C++ by linuxrocks123
Parent article: Converting GCC to C++

Bootstrapping is *by* *definition* a compiler compiling itself.  But the first step (in this
case: building a gcc to build gcc, the so-called stage0 compiler) can be done with any ISO C90
compiler.  So bootstrapping really doesn't limit portability.


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