gnu compiler questions

[Mike Bilow]

The tools work, but watch out for subtle machine dependencies.  Solaris is
BSD-ish while AI/X is POSIX-ish.  Solaris usually runs on bigendian
machines, while AI/X commonly runs on biendian machines.  Native word size
also varies with platform, with AI/X sometimes on 32 or 64 bits, and
occasionally on weirdo mainframe-legacy things like 24 or 48 bits.

-- Mike


On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Frank Ramsay wrote:

> First a little background:
> I recently started a new job in Harvard Sq.  The company is a NT shop, but they
> are looking to move to Unix solutions for their high end customers.  (This is
> why they hired me)  Now, I'm going to have to move their server side products
> to AIX and Solaris (and Linux, because that's going to be my development box)
> Which leads to my question.  Are the GNU compiler tools reliable on AIX and
> Solaris(sparc), or should I expect to have to use the vendors compilers for
> each platform?  Obviously I'd prefer to be able to use egcs on all the
> platforms as it will make building easier, but is that feasible?
> 
>  				-fjr


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