Re: "C's Biggest Mistake"

From	Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: "C's Biggest Mistake"
Date	2018-04-14 12:52 +1200
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On 04/14/2018 11:53 AM, bartc wrote:
> On 13/04/2018 22:57, Ian Collins wrote:
>> On 04/14/2018 08:04 AM, bartc wrote:
>>>
>>> Nevertheless, if you want to use gcc for C, that's the size of the
>>> download you have to deal with. With makes things a little harder.
>>
>> If the gcc source wasn't so complicated, what else could we build as a
>> system benchmarking tool?
> 
> How long does it take? [To build, from sources, a program that can
> compile a .c file, to either .s or .o or to executable.]

"It depends"!

That's the whole point of a benchmark - and building all of gcc from 
scratch is an pretty decent one.

> I can no longer find that 95,000-file download, I can only see a
> 31,000-file one, but still with 25,000 .h and .c files.

No idea, I use git.

-- 
Ian.

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Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2018-04-04 11:29 +0000
  Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-04-04 14:02 +0100
    Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2018-04-04 14:37 +0000
      Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2018-04-04 07:41 -0700
        Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2018-04-04 19:00 +0000
    Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-04-04 09:48 -0700
      Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-04-04 18:24 +0100
        Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-04-04 17:27 +0000
          Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-04-04 19:37 +0100
            Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-04-04 20:25 +0000
              Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2018-04-04 13:29 -0700
              Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2018-04-04 13:38 -0700
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" supercat@casperkitty.com - 2018-04-04 14:15 -0700
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-04-04 16:03 -0700
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-04-04 16:35 -0700
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                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-04-13 19:47 +0000
  Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-04-04 16:36 +0000
    Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-04-04 19:59 +0100
      Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-04 12:04 -0700
      Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Wouter Verhelst <w@uter.be> - 2018-04-05 16:04 +0200
        Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2018-04-05 07:33 -0700
          Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2018-04-05 18:17 +0200
        Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-04-05 18:15 +0100
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          Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" "Patrick.Schluter" <Patrick.Schluter@free.fr> - 2018-04-13 20:34 +0200
            Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-04-13 21:04 +0100
              Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Ed Kellett <e@kellett.im> - 2018-04-13 21:24 +0100
              Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-04-13 21:24 +0000
              Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-04-13 21:41 +0000
              Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-04-14 09:57 +1200
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-04-14 00:53 +0100
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-04-14 12:52 +1200
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-04-14 12:20 +0100
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-04-15 00:37 +1200
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-04-14 15:36 +0000
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-04-15 10:20 +1200
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-04-14 23:08 +0000
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-04-15 02:14 +0100
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 22:36 -0700
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" "Patrick.Schluter" <Patrick.Schluter@free.fr> - 2018-04-14 13:54 +0200
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 05:56 -0700
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-04-14 14:00 +0100
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 06:43 -0700
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-04-14 15:37 +0000
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" "Patrick.Schluter" <Patrick.Schluter@free.fr> - 2018-04-14 18:48 +0200
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" "Patrick.Schluter" <Patrick.Schluter@free.fr> - 2018-04-14 18:46 +0200
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-04-14 15:35 +0000
                Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" "Patrick.Schluter" <Patrick.Schluter@free.fr> - 2018-04-14 18:51 +0200
            Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 14:10 -0700
              Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-04-13 14:32 -0700
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    Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-08 23:23 -0700
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      Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-04-16 21:39 -0700
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