From: Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]> >> > just curious - did linus use gcc when he first wrote his kernel? >> > -- >> >> I think he did. My memory of this is a little vague but the first time I >> used Linux sometime in 1992/1993 or so, it required gcc. But Linus did >> start developing Linux on Minix (I think he used Gcc 1.37 initially and >> then 1.4) and only later on removed Minix apps and replaced then with >> GPL >> apps. Actually one of the first things he ported over when Linux became >> self-hosting was gcc and bash. >> > > that is confirmed by the link given by steve.
Oh ok. Sorry didn't read it. Other things - it was actually Linus who ported gcc 1.4 over to minix. Prem _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
