[gambit-list] Portability

Robert H sigzero at gmail.com
Wed Sep 30 10:25:36 EDT 2009


On 09/29/2009 08:59 PM, Alex Queiroz wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Robert H<sigzero at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> "Portability. Because the system is mostly written in Scheme and the
>> compiler generates portable C code, it is easy to port the system as
>> well as programs compiled with it to any platform with a decent C or C++
>> compile."
>>
>> Does that mean...I can compile on my Fedora box and move the compiled
>> program to Red Hat and it will probably work?
>>
>
>       The cited text means that you can recompile the C code generated
> by Gambit-C in any platform with a C compiler. If you are asking if a
> binary program built on Fedora will work on Red Hat the answer is
> probably yes, but because both share the same C runtime (glibc) and OS
> (Linux).
>
> Cheers,

Thanks!




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