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Re: [Chicken-users] chicken scheme on handhelds
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John Cowan |
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Re: [Chicken-users] chicken scheme on handhelds |
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Wed, 8 Nov 2006 15:35:49 -0500 |
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Shawn Rutledge scripsit:
> Ideally the Scheme compiler would run fast on a handheld, and just in
> case it's not fast enough, it would also be possible to cross-compile
> Scheme to an ARM binary, on a PC. So far gcc is a tad slow on an ARM
> (but not too terrible - I do actually use it; maybe it's like running
> x86 gcc on a 386); and I don't think cross-compiling is practical, is
> it?
Cross-compiling is eminently practical. Use csc -t to generate the
C files and cross-compile them with gcc on your host machine. Chicken
does not generate different versions of C for different target machines,
so there's no problem there.
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