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What's all this about Swarm modifying the runtime?
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Paul Johnson |
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What's all this about Swarm modifying the runtime? |
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Mon, 30 Sep 2002 07:59:10 -0500 |
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I don't even really know what "runtime" means, so take this with a grain
of salt.
Does Swarm really use a different runtime?
Swarm can be built with the stock gcc. There is an optional patch we
make to gcc to allow method functions, but it is not necessary. I
suspect that since gcc 3.2 has many optimizations incorporated from the
Apple research team (they claim messaging is now orders of magnitudes
faster) perhaps we don't even benefit from that one little gcc patch.
If you get a gcc snapshot on or after 2002-09-09 (not 3.2, but rather
updates that come after it), you can build Swarm if you apply 3 small
patches to Swarm itself. (I can give you those patches.)
Doesn't that mean we are using the GNU runtime?
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