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Re: Will Apple still support GCC development?
- From: Joe Buck <Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot COM>
- To: Samuel Smythe <samsmythe at coolindian dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 12:43:47 -0700
- Subject: Re: Will Apple still support GCC development?
- References: <20050606191730.8BCB53991@sitemail.everyone.net>
On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 12:17:24PM -0700, Samuel Smythe wrote:
> It is well-known that Apple has been a significant provider of GCC
> enhancements. But it is also probably now well-known that they have
> opted to drop the PPC architecture in favor of an x86-based
> architecture. Will Apple continue to contribute to the PPC-related
> componentry of GCC, or will such contributions be phased out as the
> transition is made to the x86-based systems? In turn, will Apple be
> providing more x86-related contributions to GCC?
I don't think anyone on this list (even the Apple employees) has a
useful answer to that that they could give you right now. I hope
we don't have to have a long, drawn out discussion where everyone
speculates as to what might happen.