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From: jthomp@wintermute.Central.Sun.COM (Jim Thompson)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.computers,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Disinfecting the GNU Public Virus...er...License
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Date: 23 Dec 89 18:35:36 GMT
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In article <2582@flatline.UUCP> jet@flatline.UUCP (It's "Mr. Boyo" to you Dylan) writes:


>(Hey, that's it!  I should fix gcc so that it produces 6502 machine code,
>then cross compile from my 3b1!  I've been looking for a research project;
>now if I can just get my advisor to think it's worthwhile... )

Actually, while I was still at Convex, I did something almost as strange.
I made gcc produce Sun 68k / SPARC code.  The SPARC fp stuff was kinda
hard to get right, but in the end I could sit on a Convex 
and type 'make CC=gcc-sprarc CFLAGS="-g -O" all'. and end up with
an a.out that I could run on my Sun.  (I used the gnu 'ld' as well.)

I never did try the reverse (building Convex code on a Sun.) the problems 
of supporting 64bit arithmetic, constant folding, and so forth were just
to much to accomplish before I left.

Jim Thompson - Network Engineering - Sun Microsystems -	jthomp@central.sun.com
Charter Member - Fatalistic International Society for Hedonistic Youth (FISHY)
"Confusing yourself is a way to stay honest."	-Jenny Holzer