From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15ADCBB84 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:14:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k3MGEGo9001441 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:14:16 +0200 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA24576 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:14:15 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from biscayne-one-station.mit.edu (BISCAYNE-ONE-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.7.80]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k3MGEEgN006195 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:14:15 +0200 Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by biscayne-one-station.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id k3MGEA6p026066; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 12:14:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from psi-phi.mit.edu (PSI-PHI.MIT.EDU [18.187.1.35]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as jfc@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id k3MGE70Z011462 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 22 Apr 2006 12:14:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jfc@localhost) by psi-phi.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id k3MGE7O3007983; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 12:14:07 -0400 Message-Id: <200604221614.k3MGE7O3007983@psi-phi.mit.edu> To: caml-list@inria.fr, Yu-Hui Liu Subject: Re: [Caml-list] What's "advantage of gcc-specific features"? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 22 Apr 2006 11:47:40 +0200." <87wtdivt4z.fsf@linux-france.org> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 12:14:07 -0400 From: John Carr X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.42 X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 444A5658.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 444A5656.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; gcc-specific:01 ocaml:01 compiler:01 ocaml:01 caml-list:01 maintainers:01 supported:01 native:02 btw:02 contributed:02 tree:02 patches:02 jfc:04 jfc:04 solaris:04 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 > BTW, John Carr, from MIT, is maintaining a port of > native OCaml compiler to Sparc V9 architecture > (http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/) and he is working on Solaris system. As far > as I know, his patches have been contributed back to OCaml official > tree. So I would say that the Solaris is pretty well supported and > performance should be quite acceptable. The OCaml maintainers do not have a 64 bit SPARC system to test on and can not take over my port.