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Re: [patch] ppc64 native target for gcc

From: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
To: Bradley Lucier <lucier at math dot purdue dot edu>
Cc: Jack Howarth <howarth at bromo dot msbb dot uc dot edu>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, Eric Christopher <echristo at apple dot com>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:45:14 +0000
Subject: Re: [patch] ppc64 native target for gcc
References: <1BC200EE-1436-4E0A-A623-48FB659F7C4B@math.purdue.edu> <20061110194759.GA9849@bromo.msbb.uc.edu> <2FDAD398-1188-4D82-8093-D2C005089B6C@math.purdue.edu>

Bradley Lucier writes:
 > 
 > On Nov 10, 2006, at 2:47 PM, Jack Howarth wrote:
 > 
 > >    It is pointless to attempt to build java on the powerpc64-*-darwin*
 > > target since we still don't have a working 64-bit version of libffi
 > > on Darwin PPC.
 > 
 > What do you mean by "pointless"?  Will *no* java programs compile/run  
 > on ppc64?

Some simple things will run, but most applications won't.  Java is a
highly dynamic language.  gcj without libffi is useful as a proof of
concept, but that's about all.

Andrew.

References:
- Re: [patch] ppc64 native target for gcc
  - From: Bradley Lucier
- Re: [patch] ppc64 native target for gcc
  - From: Jack Howarth
- Re: [patch] ppc64 native target for gcc
  - From: Bradley Lucier

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