[M3devel] m3back directions?

[Tony Hosking]

Interesting.  We can still use it (like gcc) right?

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On 3 Apr 2010, at 07:02, Jay K wrote:

> No, really. GPL.
> 
> http://modula3.elegosoft.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/pm3/m3/pm3/language/modula3/m3compiler/m3back/src/linux/Codex86.m3?rev=1.3;content-type=text%2Fplain
> 
> http://modula3.elegosoft.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/pm3/m3/pm3/language/modula3/m3compiler/m3objfile/src/linux/ELFObjFile.m3?rev=1.2;content-type=text%2Fplain
>  
>  - Jay
> 
>  
> From: hosking at cs.purdue.edu
> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:59:58 -0400
> To: jay.krell at cornell.edu
> CC: m3devel at elegosoft.com
> Subject: Re: [M3devel] m3back directions?
> 
> All of PM3 is licensed the same way as CM3 (they both derive from the same DEC SRC sources).
> 
> 
> On 1 Apr 2010, at 08:33, Jay K wrote:
> 
> I think it was GPL though.
>  
>  - Jay
>  
> > Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:33:13 +0200
> > From: wagner at elegosoft.com
> > To: hosking at cs.purdue.edu
> > CC: m3devel at elegosoft.com
> > Subject: Re: [M3devel] m3back directions?
> > 
> > Quoting Tony Hosking <hosking at cs.purdue.edu>:
> > 
> > > On 31 Mar 2010, at 06:18, wagner at elegosoft.com wrote:
> > >
> > >> Quoting Jay K <jay.krell at cornell.edu>:
> > >>
> > >>> I'm curious what, if anything, people are interested in in m3back?
> > >>>
> > >>> There are several mostly independent directions:
> > >>>
> > >>> - remove it; use the gcc backend or other (burg, llvm, generate C)
> > >>>
> > >>> - expand to support other targets, AMD64_*, including AMD64_NT
> > >>>
> > >>> m3objfile would need macho/elf support for non-NT
> > >>
> > >> It would be great if we could use the integrated backend for other
> > >> targets, too. Adding ELF support will be a lot of work, but it's probably
> > >> worth it.
> > >
> > > Have you looked at the pm3 Linux support?
> > 
> > Indeed I had forgotten about that. I'll take at look at the Easter
> > holidays,
> > 
> > Olaf
> > 
> > 
> 
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