Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 13:57:53 -0500
Message-Id: <199901251857.NAA14646@envy.delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <36ACB663.20DFE30B@home.com> (message from Mark & Candice White
	on Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:22:11 GMT)
Subject: Re: libggc vers libc?
References:  <36ACB663 DOT 20DFE30B AT home DOT com>
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com


> What is the nature of the functions in libgcc verses libc?

libgcc.a contains functions that gcc itself needs merely to support a
given CPU.  For example, it may not know how to do a 64-bit multiply,
so it would use libgcc.a to provide a function to do that.  GCC
normally generates this library itself when it can.

libc.a contains all the OS and API stuff.