gcc-1.26

[Alex S. Crain]

	Just a note for the folks who follow this stuff....

	I built gcc-1.26. It bootstrapped without a hitch from
gcc-1.24, I think that this is the first version that doesn't require
diff files :-). The big news is that sdb support appears to be
complete and works perfectly.

	I'm going to test it for another version or so, but I think
that this is finally more stable than /bin/cc, and it certainly
produces better code. As a side bar, gcc supports a -mshort switch
which causes ints to be 16 bits, and there is an undocumented switch
-shlib that causes gcc to link with the shared libraries, ala ccc.
(i've been meaning to mention that to the GNU folks, if they don't
already know, I left it in and forgot about it).

	And for the speed freaks out there, I've written a gnulib.s
for the builtin functions that uses register argument passing, and I
can convince gcc to use it. I haven't released it because I haven't
figured out an easy way to impliment it via -mfastlib, or whatever. In
any case, it works, although I'm sure it has bugs :-), and I'll put it
out *real-soon-now*. If your interested in beta testing my hacks, by
all means, send email.


	I don't want to start a discussion or anything, just thought
inquiring minds might want to know.-- 
					:alex.
					Systems Programmer
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