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+From: mib@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell)
+Message-Id: <9409210619.AA17570@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
+To: "Lots of potentially interested people and" <nobody@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
+Subject: New milestone acheived by the GNU Hurd
+X-Tom-Swiftie: "I can't get this fire started," Tom said woodenly.
+
+
+I have just successfully compiled and run a null C program on the
+Hurd. This is using GCC native as one would normally use GCC.
+
+Sadly, it took quite a while (too long, in fact) to read the large
+archives that make up the GNU C library, but I think I know where the
+substantial inefficiency is.
+
+Once that is done, I would be happy to label this a "self-hosting
+system". But not just yet.
+
+The last bug preventing this was an error in dealing with files over
+about 8 M; this came about because in order to link a program one
+needed the GNU C library, which is over 9M when symbols are included.
+
+ -mib
+