Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 17:20:46 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> Cc: Samuel Savas Pozidis <ssp04@uow.edu.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "/usr/bin/CC" Message-ID: <20000314172045.K14789@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003141626000.1548-100000@mammalia.sea>; from rjoseph@nwlink.com on Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 04:27:45PM -0800 References: <20000314164441.J14789@fw.wintelcom.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003141626000.1548-100000@mammalia.sea>
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* R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> [000314 16:56] wrote: > > > I have recently discovered that there is a binary in /usr/bin/ on > > > FreeBSD called CC.. I am wondering if it is based on the SunC > > > compiler "CC", there seems to be no manual page for it. > > > > We use gcc, see "man gcc" and "info gcc". > > Did the original BSD not come with its own c compiler? I thought that > "cc" was a standard part of all Unices. <wild speculation> It would make sense that the original BSD had at&t's compiler, however since it would have to be paid for, they used gcc. </wild speculation> -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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