Subj : Re: RP2350 and Pico 2 - things missing
To   : Single Stage to Orbit
From : mm0fmf
Date : Mon Sep 02 2024 13:10:38

On 01/09/2024 21:36, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> On Sun, 2024-09-01 at 15:47 +0100, mm0fmf wrote:
>> STR the compiler was a custom version of gcc 1.xx. 26 years ago so
>> the exact version has evaporated from my memory.
>
> Your dates are slightly off. These gcc 1.x versions were between 1987 -
> 1993. I do remember using 2.7.2.3 with Linux 2.0 in 1997.

I'd agree that gcc main line release would be around 2.7 in 1998. I can
remember I started writing software for a Strongarm based video security
system in 2001. By then ARM kernels were compiled/cross-compiled with
gcc 2.95.x. Then gcc 3.0 / 3.1 came out which was better for userland
code but kernels compiled with it would not run so we stayed with 2.95
for some time.

However, the SHARC stuff was definitely derived from gcc 1.x in 1998 as
it struck me as very old as 2.x had been out for a while by then.  This
was the version of the compiler that ran on Windows. ISTR I used a PII
200MHz probably running WinNT to develop on. The Unix systems were
reserved for ADA, Occam and other esoteric stuff ;-)

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