Am Samstag 08 Dezember 2007 schrieb Brian Dessent: > Martin Krischik wrote: > > And another thing just struck me: We from the Ada community use cross > > compilers for embedded targets a lot. Targets which might not even have > > an operating system. How is this supposed to work in future? > > > > Or not quite a drastic: Cross compiling on Windows for VMS. Do GMP and > > MPFR cross compile for VMS. Do they compile for VMS at all. Or for > > Symbian to name a new and hip OS for contrast. > > They're host libraries, not target libraries. They don't have to build > for the target system. They are used by gcc itself, not by code that > gcc creates. So Cross compiling on Windows/Linux for VMS won't be the optional extra in future but the only possibility. Or does GMP and MPFR compile on VMS? I understand that you defend your decision but nevertheless it is a blow to any non mainstream platform. Martin -- Martin Krischik mailto://krischik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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