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(post :title "Projects"
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(p [Here are a couple of ongoing projects in the bootstrappable builds community.
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If you're interested in working on any of these projects please ,(anchor "contact us" "/who.html").])
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(h2 [GNU+Linux from scratch])
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(p [Any GNU+Linux distribution is rooted in bootstrap binaries that are taken for granted. This set of binaries can be considered a seed from which we grow the system.
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,(anchor "Learn more about how we reduce the size of the binary seeds!" "/projects/mes.html")])
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(h2 [Maintaining GCC version 4.7])
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(p [The C and C++ compilers of the GNU Compiler Collection make up the foundation of many free software distributions.
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Current versions of GCC are written in C++, which means that a C++ compiler is needed to build it from source.
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GCC 4.7 was the last version of the collection that could be built with a plain C compiler, a much simpler task.])
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(p [We propose to collectively maintain a subset of GCC 4.7 to ensure that we can build the foundation of free software
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distributions starting with a simple C compiler (such as tinyCC, pcc, etc).])
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(h2 [From C++ to the world of Java])
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(p [The Java Development Kit (JDK) is written in Java, so you
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need a JDK to build a JDK.
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,(anchor "Learn more about how we cut the cycle!" "/projects/java.html")])
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(h2 [Bootstrapping the rest of the Java ecosystem])
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(p [In the Java world there are a lot of tools from testing frameworks
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like JUnit to build tools like Maven and Gradle that have self dependencies.
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Bootstrapping these is an ongoing effort. To see the current status and
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work to be done have a look at ,(anchor "Bootstrapping Java Tools"
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"/projects/java-tools.html")])
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(h2 [Bootstrapping JVM languages])
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(p [The Java Virtual Machine runs several other languages besides Java,
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each with their own tools and ecosystem. The most prominent ones
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are Groovy, Clojure, Scala and Kotlin. Some of these are already
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bootstrapped, but this is an ongoing effort. To see the current status
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and work to be done have a look at ,(anchor "Bootstrapping JVM languages"
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"/projects/jvm-languages.html")])
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(h2 [Bootstrapping GHC with Hugs])
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(p [The Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC) is the most popular Haskell compiler.
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It is written in Haskell and since the first public release requires GHC to build newer versions of the compiler.
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It might be possible to build a first GHC from source with the Hugs interpreter and an older version of GHC.
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,(anchor "This blog post describes a first attempt"
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"https://elephly.net/posts/2017-01-09-bootstrapping-haskell-part-1.html")
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of this project.])))
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