Re(2): optimizing compilers
Re(2): optimizing compilers
- Subject: Re(2): optimizing compilers
- From: Jens Bauer <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 15:25:48 +0100
Hi Smith,,
On Fri, 1 Feb, 2002, Smith, Bradley <email@hidden> wrote:
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Owen, are you talking about c, c++ or Objective C code compilation?
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Does anyone know what compiler is used to build PowerPC Linux? If it's GCC
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then Owen's theory (below) must be wrong. If not then it sounds like a good
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theory.
I think that the guys at Apple should try porting MrC and MrCpp compilers
to Mac OS X.
There's no ObjC compiler yet (as far as I know), but I definately like
MrCpp, and it's already running on a PowerPC, so the porting shouldn't
take long. Furthermore, porting a command-line compiler isn't as hard as
porting a UI application.
I can see issues with the linker and the XCOUGH/PEF formats, but that
should be possible to solve.
For a beginning, I'd suggest a "wrap-link"; wrapping the one format in
another or post-convert the one format into another.
Furthermore, I'd suggest Motorola's C/C++ compiler. Unfortunately, I got
the *very last* copy from Motorola; they're not distributing it.
And finally.. The CodeWarrior guys may want to consider creating a plug-
in for Project Builder of their compiler ? -Just like the MPW folks made
MrC/MrCpp plugins for CodeWarrior ? :)
Love,
Jens
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Jens Bauer, Faster Software.