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To: Jerry Quinn <jlquinn@optonline.net>
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Subject: Re: [gcc-in-cxx] zlib?
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From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:25:00 -0000
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Jerry Quinn <jlquinn@optonline.net> writes:

> It does mean that we will always have to have c++ and c available to
> bootstrap.  Was one of the goals to remove the need for a host C
> compiler?

No, removing the need for a host C compiler was not a goal.

> Meanwhile, I'm working on libdecnumber...

Actually, that is also based on upstream sources, and should also change
as little as possible.

Ian