Re: some thoughts on gcc

["h.godavari" <h.godavari@xxxxxxx>]

Alexander Medvedev wrote:
> Looking strange:
>
> 1. we have standart gcc receipt with (--enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran)
> 2. we have gcc+gcj receipt with (--enable-languages=c,c++,objc,java)
>
> Why do we have objective C in gcc+gcj?
> Also, why do we have fortran and objC in standart receipt?
> Looks like it's time to split it to gcc-lite (with only c and c++ that
> will suffice 99% of users) and gcc-full that 1% may need.
>
> p.s. found with-tune=i486 string.. Time to forget about anything below
> standart pentium. Even ultralite distros dont boot on 486 nowadays.
>
> Everything above this text is just my IMHO
> With best regards, Alexander.
>
>   

There are a couple that will "boot"  on a 486. Fearther Linux , Luit 
Linux and Bonzai. But they are no longer maintained and the authors seem 
to be unavailble. Bonzai will run  (without GUI) with 32 MB of RAM.  
Austrumi and a couple of others abort after the splash screen  "Kernal 
panic - cannot sync"  or commands (?)   "cmov,PAE, Cx8 " not on the CPU, 
cannot boot. Tiny Linux  and Basic Linux work fine but no GUI.

regards
hg


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