From: elf AT netcom DOT com (Marc Singer)
Message-Id: <199704032135.NAA00583@netcom23.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Building djgpp on NT Machine (was Nmake for WinNT 3.5 utilities)
To: ckcorcor AT p5 DOT csrd DOT uiuc DOT edu (Casey Corcoran)
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 13:35:36 -0800 (PST)
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com (DJGPP List Alias)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970403112208.16072A-100000@p5.csrd.uiuc.edu> from "Casey Corcoran" at Apr 3, 97 11:44:02 am
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> BTW, the reason we need to compile the sources is that we want to write a
> new front end to compile java bytecode.  Therefore, we MUST be able to
> compile the sources . . . 

I looked into this kind of project, too.  I was not planning to do
JAVA, but the concept is the same.  It occurs to me, and IMHO, that
the real task is to look into writing a new front-end for GCC.  You
can do this on any system with a port of GCC, including sunos and
GNU/Linux.  In fact, your project should be substantially easier than
mine since language front-ends to GCC are said to be easier to write
than back-ends.  I wanted to do the latter.

-- Marc Singer