On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 23:00:35 -0600, "Tony[B]" <ben### [at] catholicorg>
wrote:

>Is GCC compiled with GCC? How would a GCC 3.0 compiled with 2.95 compare to
>one compiled with 3.0? (If that makes any sense at all...)

Of course it makes sense. This is how gcc compiles itself from source.
First it compiles with whatever compiler you have, then it compiles
with itself, and then it compiles with itself again. Then, if the last
two copies match, it installs itself. This is called bootstrapping
IIRC.


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