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From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
To: David Edelsohn <dje.gcc@gmail.com>
Cc: Diego Novillo <dnovillo@google.com>,  gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Switching to C++ by default in 4.8
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David Edelsohn <dje.gcc@gmail.com> writes:

> Do you expect GCC to be able to bootstrap starting from a vendor C++
> compiler or will this require G++?

In principle it should be possible to start from a vendor C++ compiler.
Of course we will have to test in order to see.

> What is the earliest release of G++ that will allow GCC to bootstrap?

Another thing that is worth testing.  Right now I would anticipate that
even fairly old releases of G++ can bootstrap GCC.  However, we will
need to decide what old release we want to ensure works.

Ian