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Converting the stage 1 bootstrapping compiler to C++ is a bad idea IMO. There any many embedded platforms without a C++ compiler (except perhaps downrev gcc).

• eliasmacpherson 14y ago
  so cross compilation is the only option for these embedded platforms?
  • mbreese 14y ago
    Don't you generally cross compile on embedded platforms anyway?
    • mansr 14y ago
      If you don't cross-compile, I would say it's not an embedded platform.
• CJefferson 14y ago
  I wonder if you have tried building gcc recently? While it doesn't require a C++ compiler, in the last few years it has required an increasing list of fairly modern libraries. I don't think requiring a C++ compiler will make things that much harder.
• klodolph 14y ago
  Why are you bootstrapping on an embedded platform?