[Ilugc] why GNU should not be added to linux
- From: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx (steve)
- Date: Sun Jun 6 13:53:40 2010
On 06/06/2010 09:39 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On Sunday 06 June 2010 02:34:37 Prem Kurian Philip wrote:
By the way, most GNU projects will compile quite happily using ICC. Even
the Linux kernel could conceivably be modified to NOT use GCC extensions -
thus allowing it to be easily compiled by other compilers.
just curious - did linus use gcc when he first wrote his kernel?
Yes:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.minix/msg/2194d253268b0a1b?pli=1
Quote:
"""
ALERT! WARNING! NOTE! These sources still need minix-386 to be compiled
(and gcc-1.40, possibly 1.37.1, haven't tested), and you need minix to
set it up if you want to run it, so it is not yet a standalone system
for those of you without minix.
"""
Note however, the other GNU project dependency I mentioned (ie: the GPL) came
along much later ...and apparently was considered by linus as "definitely the
best thing I ever did."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux#Linux_under_the_GNU_GPL
Interesting to read the section just below this ^^^ one.
cheers,
- steve
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