Re: [Swarm-Support] x86_64 and message forwarding

[Bill Northcott]

On 30/08/2006, at 9:14 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> > Presumably, the
> > Leopard preview has 64 bit versions to support the promised 64bit
> > Cocoa.  On previous form, none of this source code will get released
> > until Leopard ships.
>
> Tiger 10.4.7 (Darwin 8.7.2) with XCode 2.4 has support for  
> compiling 64 bit on
> Intel:

I know that, but there is no x86_64 support in the libraries so you  
can't actually use it!

OTOH I am sure that the Xcode 3.0 preview distributed with the  
Leopard preview at WWDC does have x86_64 libraries, but if I had a  
copy, I would be covered by the NDA.  Basically one needs the  
MacOSX10.5 SDK.

> .but no sign of source code for these modifications (e.g. version  
> 5363) in the
> Apple CVS area, in the various gcc.gnu.org Subversion branches.

or for that matter on the Darwin open source site, where previous  
Xcode tool sources are published.  I don't think you get to see any  
of this unless you stump up for a Select ADC membership, and then you  
can't talk about it.  Apple just wants to keep some stuff under  
wraps.  So I guess we just to need to get the 32 bit port done and  
worry about 64 bit next year.

Cheers
Bill