Re: FSF drops Apple boycott, opens gate for GNAT, etc.

[kenner@lab.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner)]

In article <hirasuna-0402950942330001@hirasuna.clark.net> hirasuna@acm.org (Michael Hirasuna) writes:
>> The FSF itself does not do ports to other than GNU, but essentially
>> serves as a clearinghouse for the work of those who have done such
>> ports.
>
>The FSF GCC distribution allows the selection of the host and target when
>it is built. If GNU is neccessary for this to happen, then the next
>milestone is when there is a GNU port available for the Apple PowerPC.
>Hopefully, the GNU OS will coexist with MacOS. Of course, this may all be
>moot if OS2 and OS2 GNAT gets ported to the Mac PowerPC, and OS2 GNAT
>becomes multi-targetted.

I have no idea what you are saying here.

As you say, GCC is automatically a cross-compiler since you specify the
host and target when you configure it.

But there is no requirement for either to be GNU.

Perhaps you confuse "XYZ is supported by ABC" with "XYZ works".  These are
two very different concepts.  Besides, as I said in a previous post,
the FSF does not "support" any software whatsoever.