Re: Baby X is bor nagain

On 03/07/2024 00:58, Ben Bacarisse wrote:

bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
 

On 02/07/2024 16:00, Ben Bacarisse wrote:

bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
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On 01/07/2024 13:09, Ben Bacarisse wrote:

bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
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Using products like tcc doesn't mean never using gcc. (Especially on Linux
where you will have it installed anyway.)

The parenthetical remark is wrong.

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You mean it is possible for a Linux installation to not have gcc
preinstalled?

I mean that saying "on Linux ... you will have it installed anyway" is
wrong.
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Sure, although in the dozen or two versions I've come across, it
always has been.

I'm not sure what you mean by a "version".  Every version (in the sense
of release number) of a source-only Linux distribution will have gcc
installed, but is that all you mean?  Source-only distributions are rare
and not widely used.

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No I mean binary distributions (unless the install process silently
compiled from source; I've no idea).

 Which ones?
 

I really, really don't remember. I've tinkered with Linux every so often for 20, maybe 25 years. You used to be able to order a job-lot of CDs with different versions. Few did much.
Then there were various ones I tried under Virtual Box. All had gcc.
I must have tried half a dozen, maybe more, on RPis. Those I know all had gcc too.  So did a laptop or two with Linux. As does WSL now.
I'm not sure what you're trying to do here.
I will admit that it might not be 100% certain that a Linux OS on a system on which someone is planning to run a C compiler will have gcc installed, although that is not my experience.
Will that do?