[M3devel] PPC_DARWIN problems, at least config/5.2.6, maybe all moot

[Tony Hosking]

On Dec 25, 2007, at 5:03 PM, Jay wrote:

> Is it down to about what varies per platform?

Yes, pretty much...

>
> I haven't really surveyed them all..
>
>  - Jay
>
> > To: jayk123 at hotmail.com
> > CC: m3devel at elegosoft.com
> > Subject: Re: [M3devel] PPC_DARWIN problems, at least config/ 
> 5.2.6, maybe all moot
> > Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:47:03 -0800
> > From: mika at async.caltech.edu
> >
> > Jay writes:
> > >
> > ...
> > >
> > >You know, I dare say, that platforms have been reduced and  
> converged enough=
> > > such that..you can get rid of
> > >Quake and move it into cm3. Um.. do any of the Unix platforms  
> support other=
> > > than gcc? Other than GNU ld?
> >
> > I take it you don't mean "get rid of Quake" but "get rid of  
> cm3.cfg"?
> > I would certainly agree that cm3.cfg is problematic. I have more
> > than once had apparently unresolvable issues with CM3 that Tony
> > fixed by sending me a new cm3.cfg, which came, seemingly, out of a
> > hat...
> >
> > However I also would think it's a bad idea to reduce  
> configurability.
> > As Olaf said, you'll miss it the moment it's gone. (Someone will.)
> > Non-GNU Solaris and Digital Unix aren't that hard to support with
> > the current code if someone wanted to, for instance. Why make such a
> > hypothetical someone's work harder? (Just an example, I'm sure there
> > are other things.)
> >
> > Mika
>
> Don't get caught with egg on your face. Play Chicktionary! Check it  
> out!