From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: 64 bit codes
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:39:59 +0100
Date: 2011-09-27T16:39:59+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2aa9q0zao.fsf@pushface.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: e47de46f-b582-47f4-a8de-c95e9eb46e51@fx14g2000vbb.googlegroups.com
Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> writes:
> No, there is more to it than that. Given that most of GNAT is written
> in Ada, one requires a 64-bit Ada compiler to produce the first 64-bit
> Ada compiler; that's the classic catch-22 aka bootstrapping process.
> In the case of GNAT, this problem is exacerbated by the requirement to
> also bootstrap the run-time library.
I built an x86_64 compiler for Darwin using an i386 (32-bit) compiler;
no trouble at all.
Not going to try it for Windows, though!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-27 15:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-27 6:59 64 bit codes Mok-Kong Shen
2011-09-27 7:48 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-09-27 9:04 ` Mok-Kong Shen
2011-09-27 9:14 ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-09-27 9:54 ` Mok-Kong Shen
2011-09-27 10:08 ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-09-27 11:21 ` Mok-Kong Shen
2011-09-27 13:09 ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-09-27 13:25 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-09-27 13:51 ` Mok-Kong Shen
2011-09-27 14:15 ` Mok-Kong Shen
2011-09-27 14:40 ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-09-27 13:48 ` Mok-Kong Shen
2011-09-27 14:50 ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-09-27 15:49 ` Bill Findlay
2011-09-28 9:53 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-09-28 10:36 ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-09-28 0:38 ` Rugxulo
2011-09-29 17:08 ` Rugxulo
2011-09-29 19:20 ` Pascal Obry
2011-09-29 19:26 ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-09-29 19:35 ` Pascal Obry
2011-09-29 19:38 ` Pascal Obry
2011-10-06 2:48 ` mjamesb
2011-09-27 15:39 ` Simon Wright [this message]
2011-09-27 19:13 ` Simon Wright
2011-09-28 7:16 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-09-28 12:26 ` Fritz Wuehler
2011-09-28 13:41 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-09-28 14:28 ` Georg Bauhaus
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