From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8360 invoked by alias); 26 Jan 2008 02:33:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 8351 invoked by uid 22791); 26 Jan 2008 02:33:47 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from BISCAYNE-ONE-STATION.MIT.EDU (HELO biscayne-one-station.mit.edu) (18.7.7.80) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:33:21 +0000 Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by biscayne-one-station.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id m0Q2XIXa019298 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:33:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from MACGREGOR-TWO-TWELVE.MIT.EDU (MACGREGOR-TWO-TWELVE.MIT.EDU [18.239.5.212]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as mfwitten@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id m0Q2XH5b008186 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:33:18 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <2A9296A3-2EBE-436A-B119-2D068B4F4B28@mit.edu> From: Michael Witten To: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Subject: Re: [Progress] Tiny GCC: Pure, Unadulterated, Object Code Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:16:00 -0000 References: <47988297.40C3C762@dessent.net> <83DE5DDC-09DE-4C4A-92E5-8ED60D9375A1@MIT.EDU> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) X-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2008-01/txt/msg00265.txt.bz2 On 25 Jan 2008, at 6:11 PM, Michael Witten wrote: > That kind of documentation could go a long way in encouraging new > developers to get involved, because it would allow them to avoid > a first impression wrought with frustration. I just stumbled across this website, which looks quite inviting: http://kernelnewbies.org Something as abstruse and magical as gcc could benefit from a similar initiative.