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Re: debug evaluator is faster than regular one?
- To: Ian Grant <Ian dot Grant at cl dot cam dot ac dot uk>
- Subject: Re: debug evaluator is faster than regular one?
- From: Jost Boekemeier <jostobfe at linux dot zrz dot TU-Berlin dot DE>
- Date: 26 Jul 2000 16:48:37 +0200
- Cc: Brad Knotwell <knotwell at ix dot netcom dot com>, guile at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <E13HS4y-0000tx-00@wisbech.cl.cam.ac.uk>
Ian Grant <Ian.Grant@cl.cam.ac.uk> writes:
> > Why? Are there any machines on which gcc is not available?
>
> I don't know. But sometimes there are issues with calling conventions
> (passing structs by value and what-not) and people need to use the native
> compiler because they're linking with code that was compiled with the native
> compiler. I think instances like this are rare, but they happen.
Hmm, does that mean that on some systems a library created with gcc
can't be linked into an executable created with the native compiler?
Jost