From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 28 20:15:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 138B316A40F for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:15:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5EA313C475 for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:15:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-29-241.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.29.241]:55726 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1H01Q2-0006Sv-8W for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:00:02 +0100 Received: (qmail 25230 invoked from network); 28 Dec 2006 21:00:00 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with SMTP; 28 Dec 2006 21:00:00 +0100 Received: (qmail 37566 invoked by uid 1001); 28 Dec 2006 21:00:00 +0100 Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:00:00 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: deeptech71@gmail.com Message-ID: <20061228200000.GA37533@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: deeptech71@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4592E8EA.6010402@gmail.com> <4592EC6E.9090302@FreeBSD.org> <4592F190.2000206@gmail.com> <20061228135224.GA2463@kobe.laptop> <45941C69.5020601@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45941C69.5020601@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-ACL-Warn: Too high rate of unknown addresses received from you X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1H01Q2-0006Sv-8W. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1H01Q2-0006Sv-8W d6380ecd986d21674088814d40cfb15f Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: where to get the iso c90 compiler? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:15:14 -0000 On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 08:35:05PM +0100, deeptech71@gmail.com wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >Does the lang/gcc41 port work for you? > > I don't know I don't care. I want to learn more about compilation > processes, get to know UNIX-like systems more, and whatever. So I've > downloaded the source for gcc, and the README says that I need the ISO > C90 compiler. Where do I get that? OK it looks like I can compile gcc > 4.1 with an older gcc, but that's not my choice. There is no such thing as *the* ISO C90 compiler, but, the gcc README almost certainly says that you need *a* ISO C90 compiler, i.e. a compiler that can compile programs written in the C language as defined by the 1990 ISO standard. Gcc is one such compiler. > [ But if that's the case, how was the first gcc compiled? xD ] With whatever C compiler the gcc developer had at that time. > [ How was the first ever compiler compiled? xD ] It probably wasn't. The first ever compiler was most likely written in assembler. Later on the first compiler for a new language has usually been written in some other language. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se