Re: bootstrapping a C++ compiler

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 06:32:30PM +0200, Edgar Fuß wrote:
> > gcc-inplace-math [...] installs fewer packages built with the base compiler.
> Yes, I guess that's the main point.
> 
> > nls is about translated messages, which seems useful for users even in
> > the bootstrapping case.
> I haven't the faintest idea what the point of translated messages from a development tool like a compiler is. I don't write
> 	tue {
> 		vorzeichenlos lang ganz i;
> 		doppel fliess f;
> 		...
> 	} solange (n < groessevon(struktur furz);
> so I don't expect cc to utter "keine Eingabedatei".

You haven't tried programming MS Office, have you?

Joerg