[MLton] x86_64 port status

Wesley W. Terpstra wesley@terpstra.ca
Sun, 7 May 2006 01:57:33 +0200


On May 7, 2006, at 12:30 AM, Matthew Fluet wrote:
> Platform Porters/Maintainers:
>
> Before merging the runtime and Basis Library changes in to HEAD, we
> would like to ensure that things are too broken on other platforms;
> I only have easy access to x86-linux and amd64-linux.
>
> It would be very helpful if individuals on other platforms (BSD and
> Darwin and Solaris particularly) could checkout the x86_64 branch and
> try to compile the runtime:

I will take a look at ppc osx, mingw, and debian hppa&ppc.
I can't help with i386 osx, or the rest.

Do the changes mean that the c-codegen can handle 64 bit too? ie: if  
I attempt to port MLton to alpha&ia64, will I have any luck?
Also, is there a native codegen for amd64 coming too?