Re: [Chicken-users] Debian bugs

[felix]

> > Panagiotis Vossos reported clean builds on Alpha. This needed a change
> > in the C-backend. I have added a test for __ia64__ in `chicken.h',
> > so I see no reason why it shouldn't work (of course there can be tons
> > of reasons... ;-)
> 
> Is IA64 the same as Alpha then??? I thought it was the new Intel
> 64-bit platform! (I could also be misunderstanding your paragraph.)

Nonono. Sorry for being so sloppy. What I meant was that the Alpha
thing inspired some changes that are needed for *any* kind of 64-bit
platform. This was really the first heavy 64-bitness test, and I was
surprised how (relatively) quick it worked, so I am hopeful for IA64...


cheers,
felix