[openbeos] Re: question about 64-bit processors
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:23:31 +0200 CEST
Optik-White <optikwhite@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> But back on topic, as mentioned, the current compiler isn't quite
> there yet so I guess along with finding people to add in support for
> AMD/EM64 we will first need to decide to move forward and use a
> newer
> version of GCC which I don't think will happen anytime before R1 is
> released. I could be wrong and I would love to see it happen sooner
> but until I can acquire the drive and motivation to become a much
> better programmer than I currently am, I won't be disappointed if
> this
> issue isn't addressed in the near future.
If you use x86-64 there is little point in maintaining backwards
compatibility (IMO); as with the PPC port, we would just use the latest
compiler.
Bye,
Axel.
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