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Re: Possible doc/install.texi patch to sparcv9-*-solaris2* section
- From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- To: rbrown64 at csc dot com dot au
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 24 Apr 2002 11:24:59 -0300
- Subject: Re: Possible doc/install.texi patch to sparcv9-*-solaris2* section
- Organization: GCC Team, Red Hat
- References: <OF54D9C25B.D46F5547-ONCA256B91.00314B10@int.csc.com.au>
On Apr 4, 2002, rbrown64@csc.com.au wrote:
> Note that since the Alpha is a 64-bit architecture, cross-compilers from
> 32-bit machines will not generate code as efficient as that generated
> when the compiler is running on a 64-bit machine because many
> optimizations that depend on being able to represent a word on the
> target in an integral value on the host cannot be performed.
I believe this is no longer true since we started using `long long'
for HOST_WIDE_INT for such cross compilers.
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