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Date: Sun 13-May-1990 19:16:10 From: doug@dept.csci.unt.edu (Douglas Scott) Subject: Gnu sources for NeXT the gnu compiler. What version number is it, and is there any problem in updating it with newer versions? Also, I assume (though I havent tried to grab it) that gnu has the C++ compiler source available too-is there any problem compiling it on the NeXT? Thanks in advance. P.S. Is there a list of locations to grab gnu source code available?
Date: Sun 13-May-1990 23:35:23 From: hannum@schubert.psu.edu (Charles Hannum) Subject: Re: Gnu sources for NeXT In article <1990May13.191610.7669@dept.csci.unt.edu> doug@dept.csci.unt.edu (Douglas Scott) writes: From everything I have read, it is clear that the C compiler on the NeXT is the gnu compiler. What version number is it, and is there any problem in updating it with newer versions? Also, I assume (though I havent tried to grab it) that gnu has the C++ compiler source available too-is there any problem compiling it on the NeXT? Thanks in advance. No no no!!! Don't replace the cc compiler on the NeXT with the straight GNU package!! While it *started* life as the GNU compiler, it has been HEAVILY modified for the NeXT, including, among other things, the addition of support for the Objective-C language. If you use the standard GNU distribution, you won't be able to compile Objective-C programs! (Besides, the FSF's version doesn't seem to optimize nearly as well.)
Date: Sun 14-May-1990 05:40:17 From: doug@dept.csci.unt.edu (Douglas Scott) Subject: Re: Gnu sources for NeXT In article <2395@psuhcx.psu.edu> hannum@schubert.psu.edu (Charles Hannum) writes: > >No no no!!! Don't replace the cc compiler on the NeXT with the straight GNU >package!! While it *started* life as the GNU compiler, it has been HEAVILY >modified for the NeXT, including, among other things, the addition of support >for the Objective-C language. If you use the standard GNU distribution, you >won't be able to compile Objective-C programs! (Besides, the FSF's version >doesn't seem to optimize nearly as well.) OK, OK...but does that mean there is no way to compile C++ programs on the NeXT at this point in time? Could I use gnu's compiler to do C++? I wasnt going to write over the binary file or anything. I would do like every other unix machine does: have "cc" and "gcc". I dont have anything against Objective C, and dont want to argue relative merits, but I wish to use C++ as well.
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Marcel Waldvogel and Netfuture.ch.