Changes between Version 2 and Version 4 of Ticket #413


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2012-03-09T01:14:29Z (12 years ago)
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Jakub Jermář
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  • Ticket #413

    • Property Component helenos/unspecified → helenos/app/other

  • Ticket #413 – Description

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    4  HelenOS already contains a simple C compiler in the form of the Portable C Compiler (```pcc```) which was ported to it during GSoC 2011. ```pcc``` is sufficient for compiling simple userspace programs under HelenOS/ia32, but unfortunately is not powerful enough to build the entire HelenOS without substantial modifications in places where ```pcc``` does not follow ```gcc``` close enough. ```pcc``` also does not support the full range of platforms supported by HelenOS, which makes it a non-starter for the use as the main HelenOS compiler (both cross and native). This last criterion basically leaves us with only ```gcc``` as the only choice for achieving our long-term goal of becoming self-hosting.
     4 HelenOS already contains a simple C compiler in the form of the Portable C Compiler (```pcc```) which was ported to it during GSoC 2011. ```pcc``` is sufficient for compiling simple userspace programs under HelenOS/ia32, but unfortunately is not powerful enough to build the entire HelenOS without substantial modifications in places where ```pcc``` does not follow ```gcc``` close enough. Which is worse, ```pcc``` does not support the full range of platforms supported by HelenOS, which makes it a non-starter for the use as the main HelenOS compiler (both cross and native). This last criterion basically leaves us with only ```gcc``` as the only choice for achieving our long-term goal of becoming self-hosting.
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    66 The goal of this project is to port at least the C compiler part of ```gcc``` to HelenOS.