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Re: Porting Swarm to MacOSX
From: |
Marcus G. Daniels |
Subject: |
Re: Porting Swarm to MacOSX |
Date: |
08 Jun 2001 23:35:41 -0600 |
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>>>>> "VL" == Van Ly <address@hidden> writes:
VL> Does the Swarm team have a recipe to follow for porting Swarm if
VL> people want to try? I'd like to work on it in my spare time.
1) Study the Objective C compiler in stock FSF GCC and the fundamental
compiler core.
2) Learn about the Mach-O executable file format and Apple's shared libraries
3) Study the source code of Apple toolchains; the assembler, linker, and
their heavily modified GCC.
4) Using this knowledge, make FSF GCC 3.1 work on Darwin
5) Get Tcl/Tk/BLT working under XonX on Darwin
6) Get Swarm's avcall and mframe code working on Darwin
7) Once Swarm works under X, investigate Quartz-based alternatives
I'm waiting on Apple to do #1-4, for reasons I've stated before..
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