It would be possible, but rather than writing CPU-specific compiler ports the idea is to use something like libjit to add a generic one.
Cheers, Gary Jonathan Springer wrote: > That's good progress, being able to build itself. I should take a > look at it. It's still going to be interpreter-only (without > porting), right? Would it still be possible to add a compiler port > (c1, opto) on top of it? > > Thanks, > > -Jonathan > > Gary Benson wrote: > > Hi Jonathan, > > > > IcedTea (icedtea6 anyhow) has the zero-assembler port which should > > build out of the box on any linux/gcc platform. I say should, > > because it's new and we're still working out kinks, but it works > > enought to build itself on 32- and 64-bit PowerPC, I've had > > reports of it working on zSeries and Itanium, and there are a > > couple of guys working on ARM as we speak. > > > > Cheers, > > Gary
