On Sat, 23 Oct 2010, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > ...they want to stop using [cross-compilers] after the architecture has > been bootstrapped. I *think* they have been bitten by bugs.
It isn't really about bugs. They can be fixed. Native compilation allows a port to claim "self-hosting" status. Which is still theoretically interesting. But when I think about it, the reasons for this attitude are probably historical. Back when owning just one machine was expensive, cross-compilation was impossible for an end user and the vendor compiler was unaffordable, to have a free native compiler was a sine qua non of hacking, open source, free software etc. The native compiler meant everything. And probably it still does (for socio-economic reasons) in some parts of the world. Finn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.osx.2.00.1010241321350....@localhost
