Remaining host configuration fragments
Richard Kenner
kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu
Thu Jan 17 07:26:00 GMT 2002
A gcc that only supports 6 platforms, and nothing else isn't what we
should sign up for. This would be bad. Making a decision that
ultimately results in this outcome, is also bad and I am against it.
I agree.
The major point of GCC is its diversity: that it runs on every machine.
Agressively removing targets would greatly diminish that.
Bitrotting is fine. Everything bitrots. It is a natural state of
affairs. As the code matures, the incident rate of bitrotting should
decrease. A slightly bitrotted port is usually fairly easy to get
going again.
Agreed.
IBM-RT I think is finally dead. Quick, bonus points if someone can
even name the chip in it. Kenner, you don't get to play (I think you
wrote it).
I did. Not only that, I still use the machine every day, though I don't
use GCC or any other development tool on it.
Likewise any OS that hasn't had a new release in 5 years. These are
likely to not be worthwhile to preserve.
Maybe yes, maybe no. People still use old machines.
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