Tom Browder <tom.browder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > 1. Why no specific name for the two languages? Those languages don't install their own driver program. I don't know why. It may just be for historical reasons. > 2. Why the extra set of executables with the longer names, e.g., > x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-gfortran-4.5.1? gcc always installs TARGET-NAME for the driver programs. When configured for a native system, it also installs simply NAME. > 3. Why does the library libobjc have to be explicitly linked when it > is mandatory? Because there is no driver program. Ian
