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Re: SDL target?
- From: Anthony Green <green at redhat dot com>
- To: Adam Megacz <adam at megacz dot com>
- Cc: java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 06:56:01 -0700
- Subject: Re: SDL target?
- Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
- References: <m17jvrm8uo.fsf@nowhere.com>
On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 04:06, Adam Megacz wrote:
> I noticed that libSDL has a threads API. This is interesting.
> Getting threads and mutexes working is a big part of moving libgcj to
> a new platform, and the SDL folks put a lot of effort into platform
> coverage. This would even make AWT easier.
Unfortunately, the SDL API provides no mechanisms to stop the world, or
determine the location and size of each stack. The garbage collector
needs these things.
(quite coincidentally, I wrote my first SDL program yesterday!)
AG
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Anthony Green <green@redhat.com>
Red Hat, Inc.