> The reason is simple: I have lots of interest in Plan 9, but the code 
> bases for the apps all need GCC/G++. This is a huge barrier.

I want to understand but don't, what features of GCC are
required?

> Also, for what it is worth, almost all the code deals with system calls 
> no more complex than open/read/write/close. futex is not an issue!

This infers that APEs libc is enough for these apps. Is it just 
__attribute__() stuff, or the last ½% efficency?

Personally I would like to have gcc-arm9 as this is what we use
for our embedded systems and unfortunately 5c uses a different
calling convention.

-Steve

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