[M3devel] Linux/ARM? Android?
Dragiša Durić
dragisha at m3w.org
Sun Jun 20 22:38:26 CEST 2010
It's cheaper to support platforms through m3gc (meaning gcc) than
through C. Going native so as to get "broader base than gcc"? Do we
really have that wide userbase? Not to mention developer base...
And why're you looking retro to C? Why not invest yourself on LLVM? JIT
comes to mind....
On Sun, 2010-06-20 at 19:43 +0000, Jay K wrote:
> True, that m3cg is "most" buildable by gcc itself. That gets the most
> testing by gcc developers.
> Almost any version will do though.
> But it is buildable by other C compilers, such as Sun cc and OSF/1's C
> compiler.
> Going forward, like to gcc 4.6, a C++ compiler might be needed.
> OpenBSD uses gcc 3.x on most platforms and 2.x on some older ones.
> gcc 4.4 and 4.5 actually require a C9x compiler but that is an
> accidental regression and getting fixed.
> I found it using OSF/1 cc on Mika's machine. :)
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Dragiša Durić <dragisha at m3w.org>
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