From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] inferno C compilers From: forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-lwjdqrouhsjgrdelrwyimbiwbu" Message-Id: <20010702120651.4AF6E19A03@mail.cse.psu.edu> Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 13:02:23 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: c2a22d50-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-lwjdqrouhsjgrdelrwyimbiwbu Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit as nigel says, they were provided originally to allow native Inferno to be compiled on other operating systems. (on Plan 9, to get a cross-compiler you simply compile the compiler for the target with objtype set for the host platform, and it's nearly that straightforward with the Inferno variants under other operating systems, compiled by the host system's compilers.) we include all the libraries required to run the compilers under a good range of operating systems, and also the source for a portable version of mk, and a few other things. in this latest Inferno package, i've put the utils directory in the free-ish source section. since the source is provided, you can make them produce what you like. they are simpler, and easier to port than gcc (any version) but typically produce better code than lcc and are very quick. as well as compiling Inferno, i have used them to cross-compile Plan 9 libraries, kernels and applications on Solaris and FreeBSD, for instance. (you need some minor implants in the Plan 9 mkfiles.) that's useful when you've got some target system you'd like to run Plan 9, but the existing development environment is Windows or a Unix system and you can't convert the organisation. --upas-lwjdqrouhsjgrdelrwyimbiwbu Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Received: from finch-punt-12.mail.demon.net ([194.217.242.36]) by lavoro; Thu Jun 28 16:54:55 BST 2001 Received: from punt-1.mail.demon.net by mailstore for forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk id 993739444:10:14596:1; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:44:04 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by punt-1.mail.demon.net id aa1014451; 28 Jun 2001 14:43 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.16.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id D4A7C199DD; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:33:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr (diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr [150.140.141.181]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with SMTP id C1C7D199C0 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:32:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 3363 invoked by uid 1556); 28 Jun 2001 14:32:57 -0000 From: Anastasopoulos S To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [9fans] inferno C compilers Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 17:32:57 +0300 (EET DST) Hi Why are the plan9 compilers are included in the inferno distribution since there is no library and since they don't produce .exe files? Spyros --upas-lwjdqrouhsjgrdelrwyimbiwbu--