Re: [Tinycc-devel] (no subject)

[Rob Landley]

On Friday 08 September 2006 11:44 am, Mike B wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I wasnt worried about the compiled output, altho a big issue. What im more 
> interested in is the speed in which it compiles. I think it would have a 
> great reception from the likes of Gentoo and others. Maybe that would boost 
> its appeal and manpower =)

I'm looking for a small, simple, understandable compiler that can run quickly 
in a small amount of memory.

gcc 4.x takes something like 300 megabytes of memory to rebuild itself.  
There's no _way_ you can self-host it on a small embedded system like a 
zaurus.  Even if you gave it a microdrive or something to swap to, it would 
take days.

> Mike

Rob
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