From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeffrey A Law To: "John Butler" Cc: egcs@cygnus.com Subject: Re: EGCS Installation Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 19:31:00 -0000 Message-id: <1508.904093582@hurl.cygnus.com> References: <199808250551.WAA00775@cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 1998-08/msg00925.html In message < 199808250551.WAA00775@cygnus.com >you write: > Also, could anyone give me some pointers to info on some of the internal > workings of the compiler. For the moment, I'm just curious :) But if I know > /how/ the copmiler does things, it will probably help me writing cleaner > code, and it may mean that I contribute some way to the egcs development > (Don't hold me to this, though ). Well, the internal representation and a brief high level description of the compiler can be found in the gcc manual which is installed in gnu-info form during the install process. To understand the nuts and bolts you have to actually read the code though :-) jeff