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OpenBSD? Sparc32? Sparc64? PPC64_DARWIN? I386_SOLARIS? AMD64_SOLARIS? SPARC64_SOLARIS? ARM_WINCE? AMD64_NT?<br> <br>Just curious, I'll probably bring up whatever I can, it's fun, and yes, get back and fix AMD64_LINUX to have<br>garbage collection, NT386GNU and NT386 tests, cross-platform sets, setup some Tinderboxes, etc...<br> <br>(AMD64_NT: the gcc available for this includes a bunch of patches, so I'm inclined to either wait for them to go upstream,<br>or seek an alternate route such as "port" the in-proc backend, llvm, generate C, or maybe write an interpreter for the IL;<br>and "porting" the backend is probably best preceded by a) x86 LONGINT support b) other x86 targets "for practise", at least one,<br>though regarding .obj file formats, that would be tangential.)<br> <br> - Jay<br><br><br><br><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>