[haiku-development] Re: GCC2 and GCC4 on same System

Ben Allen wrote on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:00:31 -0500:
> On 8/27/07, Duane Ryan <bailey.d.r@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> > ...Though isn't haiku an operating system that works on ppc AND x86? 
> > Certainly it would help the ppc side if you could compile once, 
> > distribute everywhere. 
> 
> BeOS was available for PPC and x86 (and required apps to be built 
> separately for each), but Haiku is primarily focusing on x86.  With 
> Apple moving to x86, the PPC line is disappearing from the desktop 
> scene and will become increasingly rare.  That's not to say that a PPC 
> version won't be made, only that a feature like this is probably out 
> of the scope of the project at the moment.

True.  But keep in mind that the Playstation 3 and XBox 360 are both PowerPC
systems.  Though the XBox will likely be closed to other operating systems,
the PS3 does already have GNU/Linux (and open source drivers) so it should
be possible to get Haiku working on it.

- Alex

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