On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 03:21:59PM -0600, Dave Carlson wrote:
> Linux only compiles on gcc, as far as I'm aware.  The README only speaks of 
> gcc 2.95.3 (but the gcc requirement definitely is there) - certainly some 
> compiler maker could hack their compiler to be compatible, or hack the kernel 
> to be other-compiler-compatible, but both are monstrous and ultimately 
> dissapointing projects.

Intel got their C compiler to grok GNU C and they got the kernel to
compile. They also got some patches merged into the main kernel to
ease their transition but I trust they were accepted on merit (they
were cleaning up real cruft).

>                         I would say that _all_ Linux installations have been 
> built with/on GNU tools, and only non-glibc installations wouldn't have been 
> built on the libraries.

"All" is a loaded term, but "all that really matter" might be
accurate.
florin

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