From: Roman Shaposhnick <rvs@sun.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] gcc on plan9
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 12:05:58 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060607190558.GG28313@submarine> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44871FF4.2090301@lanl.gov>
On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 12:50:28PM -0600, Ronald G Minnich wrote:
> Roman Shaposhnick wrote:
> >On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 10:58:35AM -0700, Corey wrote:
> >
> >>Two questions - quite likely naive, so please be kind!
> >>
> >>#1 - How difficult approximately would it be to port a
> >>more current release of gcc to plan9, say 4.1?
> >
> >
> > The gcc source code is pretty messy. But let me ask you
> > a different question -- what exactly do you want to
> > achieve with gcc ?
> >
>
> Let me raise my hand.
By all means :-)
> I want to run MPQC, which can not ever be compiled with 8c.
So, is it mostly a backend or a frontend problem ?
> Or one of about 1,000 other apps that need gcc.
Could you, please, elaborate on what exactly these apps
need from gcc ?
> Port one app, solve it once. Port gcc, solve it 1,000 times.
I don't really think that with a difference in evironment
between Linux and Plan9 the later holds true.
> > It might, but IMHO it'll defeat the purpose.
>
> no, I don't completely agree. We need gcc for general use, period.
Sorry, I just fail to see how porting gcc would help. Hence
to make this discussion a bit more concrete could you, please,
be more specific about what exact gcc functionality do you think
would be beneficial to native Plan9 ?
Thanks,
Roman.
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2006-06-07 17:58 Corey
2006-06-07 18:24 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-07 18:50 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-07 18:55 ` William Josephson
2006-06-07 20:12 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-07 20:20 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-07 20:42 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-07 20:44 ` William Josephson
2006-06-07 21:00 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-07 19:05 ` Roman Shaposhnick [this message]
2006-06-07 20:13 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-07 20:48 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-07 21:04 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-08 6:42 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2006-06-08 7:00 ` Iruatã Souza (muzgo)
2006-06-07 19:48 ` Corey
2006-06-07 20:16 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-07 20:26 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-07 20:43 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-08 5:49 ` lucio
2006-06-07 18:57 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2006-06-07 19:55 ` Corey
2006-06-07 20:46 ` rog
2006-06-07 21:07 ` Corey
2006-06-07 21:16 ` Christoph Lohmann
2006-06-07 21:25 ` Rodolfo (kix)
2006-06-07 21:50 ` Corey
2006-06-07 21:54 ` David Leimbach
2006-06-07 21:56 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-07 22:06 ` Lluís Batlle i Rossell
2006-06-07 22:16 ` David Leimbach
2006-06-07 22:31 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2006-06-07 22:33 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-08 9:44 ` Victor Nazarov
2006-06-09 21:13 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-08 1:28 ` quanstro
2006-06-09 13:12 ` Lluís Batlle
2006-06-09 13:21 ` quanstro
2006-06-09 13:47 ` Lluís Batlle
2006-06-07 23:04 ` geoff
2006-06-07 23:10 ` Steve Simon
2006-06-08 0:22 ` Bakul Shah
2006-06-08 0:27 ` geoff
2006-06-08 3:31 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-08 15:04 ` David Leimbach
2006-06-08 15:20 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-07 23:15 ` andrey mirtchovski
2006-06-08 0:17 ` geoff
2006-06-09 21:15 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-09 21:26 ` andrey mirtchovski
2006-06-09 21:27 ` andrey mirtchovski
2006-06-09 21:34 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-09 21:38 ` andrey mirtchovski
2006-06-09 21:44 ` andrey mirtchovski
2006-06-10 6:57 ` "Nils O. Selåsdal"
2006-06-08 1:58 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2006-06-08 0:53 ` geoff
2006-06-08 1:07 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2006-06-08 1:15 ` quanstro
2006-06-08 15:02 ` David Leimbach
2006-06-09 4:04 ` quanstro
2006-06-08 1:22 ` geoff
2006-06-08 1:25 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2006-06-09 21:21 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-09 21:27 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-08 14:59 ` David Leimbach
2006-06-09 4:05 ` quanstro
2006-06-08 1:39 ` [9fans] quantity vs. quality Lyndon Nerenberg
2006-06-08 3:05 ` Dan Cross
2006-06-08 3:44 ` Joel Salomon
2006-06-08 7:03 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2006-06-09 22:03 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-09 22:44 ` David Leimbach
2006-06-09 22:46 ` quanstro
2006-06-09 22:51 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2006-06-09 22:55 ` quanstro
2006-06-09 23:19 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2006-06-09 23:29 ` quanstro
2006-06-10 1:57 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2006-06-09 23:51 ` quanstro
2006-06-10 0:10 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-10 2:31 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2006-06-10 0:45 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-10 3:01 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2006-06-10 0:52 ` quanstro
2006-06-10 1:04 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-10 23:13 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-11 0:44 ` quanstro
2006-06-11 5:08 ` lucio
2006-06-11 10:09 ` quanstro
2006-06-11 12:00 ` lucio
2006-06-11 22:59 ` quanstro
2006-06-11 23:26 ` geoff
2006-06-12 3:45 ` Paul Lalonde
2006-06-12 20:16 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-12 20:23 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-12 20:56 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-12 21:09 ` Victor Nazarov
2006-06-13 0:05 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2006-06-12 21:15 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2006-06-13 12:08 ` rog
2006-06-13 16:34 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2006-06-13 21:35 ` "Nils O. Selåsdal"
2006-06-14 22:09 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-15 15:46 ` Victor Nazarov
2006-06-11 5:42 ` Russ Cox
2006-06-11 10:08 ` quanstro
2006-06-12 1:03 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2006-06-10 23:05 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-11 0:00 ` quanstro
2006-06-10 0:24 ` andrey mirtchovski
2006-06-10 0:36 ` quanstro
2006-06-10 2:27 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2006-06-10 0:23 ` quanstro
2006-06-10 0:41 ` Paul Lalonde
2006-06-10 0:59 ` quanstro
2006-06-10 1:15 ` Paul Lalonde
2006-06-10 5:19 ` Bruce Ellis
2006-06-10 2:51 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2006-06-10 0:45 ` quanstro
2006-06-10 3:10 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2006-06-10 0:53 ` quanstro
2006-06-10 23:06 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-10 23:15 ` geoff
2006-06-11 2:58 ` jmk
2006-06-10 23:04 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-11 0:05 ` quanstro
2006-06-10 23:03 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-09 23:25 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-09 23:38 ` David Leimbach
2006-06-09 23:45 ` andrey mirtchovski
2006-06-09 23:46 ` Paul Lalonde
2006-06-10 23:03 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-10 23:02 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-11 0:12 ` quanstro
2006-06-11 2:20 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-11 22:31 ` David Leimbach
2006-06-10 0:28 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-09 21:29 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-09 21:34 ` andrey mirtchovski
2006-06-08 1:49 ` [9fans] gcc on plan9 Ignacio Torres Masdeu
2006-06-08 14:10 ` David Leimbach
2006-06-09 4:09 ` quanstro
2006-06-09 5:25 ` David Leimbach
2006-06-07 22:39 ` Corey
2006-06-07 22:49 ` Paul Lalonde
2006-06-07 23:17 ` Corey
2006-06-07 23:37 ` Paul Lalonde
2006-06-08 0:50 ` quanstro
2006-06-08 1:16 ` John Barham
2006-06-08 14:51 ` David Leimbach
2006-06-09 4:49 ` ems
2006-06-09 12:07 ` quanstro
2006-06-09 19:17 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-09 21:27 ` Bakul Shah
2006-06-09 21:33 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2006-06-09 21:39 ` quanstro
2006-06-09 21:56 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2006-06-09 22:01 ` quanstro
2006-06-09 22:17 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2006-06-09 22:35 ` quanstro
2006-06-09 22:22 ` Bakul Shah
2006-06-09 22:30 ` quanstro
2006-06-09 23:22 ` Bakul Shah
2006-06-10 13:51 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2006-06-10 23:21 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-11 0:07 ` LiteStar numnums
2006-06-10 0:00 ` Harri Haataja
2006-06-10 0:03 ` Bruce Ellis
2006-06-10 1:00 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-10 4:37 ` Iruatã Souza (muzgo)
2006-06-12 0:35 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2006-06-09 21:43 ` quanstro
2006-06-10 12:43 ` rog
2006-06-07 22:56 ` Christoph Lohmann
2006-06-07 23:08 ` Dan Cross
2006-06-07 23:32 ` Federico G. Benavento
2006-06-07 23:48 ` Dan Cross
2006-06-08 0:32 ` Corey
2006-06-08 1:04 ` jmk
2006-06-08 3:35 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-08 3:51 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-08 4:07 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2006-06-08 5:19 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-08 6:07 ` Federico G. Benavento
2006-06-08 17:45 ` Micah Stetson
2006-06-08 18:54 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-08 18:55 ` Iruatã Souza (muzgo)
2006-06-08 18:56 ` andrey mirtchovski
2006-06-08 19:01 ` Iruatã Souza (muzgo)
2006-06-09 19:56 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-09 22:19 ` quanstro
2006-06-09 23:19 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-08 4:11 ` Paul Lalonde
2006-06-08 5:25 ` ems
2006-06-08 5:43 ` Simon Williams
2006-06-08 6:09 ` Bruce Ellis
2006-07-16 15:17 ` ASCII Glenda (was Re: [9fans] gcc on plan9) csant
2006-07-16 22:17 ` e.c.sharpe
2006-07-16 22:37 ` Jack Johnson
2006-07-17 8:35 ` Rodolfo (kix)
2006-06-08 1:06 ` [9fans] gcc on plan9 geoff
2006-06-08 1:21 ` quanstro
2006-06-08 10:15 ` Victor Nazarov
2006-06-08 9:40 ` Lluís Batlle
2006-06-08 15:55 ` Corey
2006-06-08 22:48 ` Fred Wade
2006-06-08 23:08 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-08 23:51 ` Corey
2006-06-07 20:46 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2006-06-07 19:07 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-07 19:17 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2006-06-07 19:26 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-07 19:35 ` Brantley Coile
2006-06-07 20:15 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-07 20:32 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-07 19:47 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2006-06-07 20:00 ` Corey
2006-06-07 20:13 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-07 20:40 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-08 6:49 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2006-06-07 21:21 ` Christoph Lohmann
2006-06-07 21:49 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-06-07 22:50 ` Dan Cross
2006-06-08 7:08 cej
2006-06-08 9:18 ` quanstro
2006-06-08 11:58 ` rog
2006-06-09 4:20 ` quanstro
2006-06-08 17:20 ` Corey
2006-06-09 4:00 ` quanstro
2006-06-09 12:40 ` Corey
2006-06-09 13:15 ` quanstro
2006-06-09 15:10 ` Corey
2006-06-09 15:27 ` C H Forsyth
2006-06-09 15:39 ` David Leimbach
2006-06-09 15:37 ` quanstro
2006-06-09 14:52 ` lucio
2006-06-09 18:42 ` quanstro
2006-06-09 21:12 ` David Leimbach
2006-06-10 5:28 ` lucio
2006-06-10 1:36 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2006-06-10 16:32 ` David Leimbach
2006-06-08 7:24 cej
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