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Re: GCC 4.3 Platform List

From: Alexey Starovoytov <Alexey dot Starovoytov at Sun dot COM>
To: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at libertysurf dot fr>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:51:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: GCC 4.3 Platform List
References: <451202C6.60307@codesourcery.com> <200609210619.03582.ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr>

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006, Eric Botcazou wrote:

> > 3. Update sparc-sun-solaris2.9 to sparc64-sun-solaris2.10?
>
> No strong opinion on the Solaris 9 -> Solaris 10 transition, but why switching
> to a 64-bit compiler?  The 32-bit compiler is multilib by default on Solaris
> and AFAIK the vendor compiler is still 32-bit too.

gcc already has a broader set of features on Solaris 10, so that's a positive move,
but full 64-bit is certainly a wrong way of doing things on sparc.
Performance penalty nullifies all pros of 64-bit.

Alex.

References:
- GCC 4.3 Platform List
  - From: Mark Mitchell
- Re: GCC 4.3 Platform List
  - From: Eric Botcazou

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