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From: Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: Baby X is bor nagain
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 16:00:50 +0100
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bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

> 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?

I mean that saying "on Linux ... you will have it installed anyway" is
wrong.

> 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.

-- 
Ben.