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From: bart <bc@freeuk.com>
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Subject: Re: Baby X is bor nagain
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 15:14:53 +0100
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On 01/07/2024 13:09, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> 
>> 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.


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

Sure, although in the dozen or two versions I've come across, it always 
has been. This is a different situation from Windows, where you can be 
fairly sure it won't be!

But in the context I'm talking about, if installing tcc is a 
possibility, then so is installing gcc. Unless you want to include also 
systems too small to run gcc, in which case I'd extend it to systems too 
small to run any compiler.

I think if talking about tcc vs. gcc, we need to assume a system capable 
of running either.