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 concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03DE9BB84 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:35:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k3M1Zakq006718 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:35:36 +0200 Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA16067 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:35:35 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from sineb-mail-2.sun.com (sineb-mail-2.sun.com [192.18.19.7]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k3M1ZXPE031665 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:35:34 +0200 Received: from fe-apac-06.sun.com (fe-apac-06.sun.com [192.18.19.177] (may be forged)) by sineb-mail-2.sun.com (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k3M1ZUFV025204 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:35:32 +0800 (SGT) Received: from conversion-daemon.mail-apac.sun.com by mail-apac.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.02 (built Sep 9 2005)) id <0IY300601O4F2500@mail-apac.sun.com> (original mail from Calvin.Liu@Sun.COM) for caml-list@inria.fr; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:35:30 +0800 (SGT) Received: from [129.150.145.7] by mail-apac.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.02 (built Sep 9 2005)) with ESMTPSA id <0IY300DTUOF6337W@mail-apac.sun.com> for caml-list@inria.fr; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:35:30 +0800 (SGT) Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:37:03 +0800 From: Yu-Hui Liu Subject: What's "advantage of gcc-specific features"? Sender: Calvin.Liu@Sun.COM To: caml-list@inria.fr Message-id: <444988BF.3070905@sun.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5 (X11/20060410) X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 44498868.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 44498865.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; gcc-specific:01 compiler:01 gcc:01 bytecode:01 gcc-specific:01 ocaml:01 calvin:98 calvin:98 tricky:02 gnu:02 solaris:04 install:05 interpreter:06 prerequisite:07 mean:07 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 Hi, there, I'm reading the INSTALL file and want to know more about the first prerequisite. :-) It says, * The GNU C compiler gcc is recommended, as the bytecode interpreter takes advantage of gcc-specific features to enhance performance. What does the "advantage of gcc-specific features" really mean? Who knows? Also I want to know if someone knows if there's anything "tricky" on Solaris platform for using OCaml? Thanks. Calvin