Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 06:49:08 +0100
From: Marc Lehmann <marc AT gimp DOT org>
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Cc: Aleksandar Donev <donev AT pa DOT msu DOT edu>
Subject: Re: pg77 compiler
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On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 12:29:02PM -0500, Aleksandar Donev <donev AT pa DOT msu DOT edu> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am finding some older webpages and tar files for a Pentium optimized
> pg77 compiler, and the pgc group is referenced as an author. Your
> webpage though suggests this compiler is history and talks only about
> pgcc? Can someone point me to more up-to-date info on pg77.

Oh, this is difficult to explain ;*) pg77 is part of pgcc, since pgcc is
officially named (since this moment):

"pentium optimizing gnu compiler collection".

So when you get the full pgcc you would get compilers for c, c++,
objective-c, chill and g77. pascal and ada could also be patched in.

The main problem is that pg77 does not receive much testing (none). It
usually works, but I have difficulties debugging problems that might
occur.

Also, not all binary distributions of pgcc feature a version of pg77, and
even if, pg77 often is broken.

HTH,

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