On Saturday, April 30, 2011 04:33:23 PM Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > > Gecko is also written primarily in c++, which means porting a c++ > > compiler to plan 9 would still remain a prerequisite for that path also. > > No, it's written in a combination of g++-<version_of_the_week> and > whatever Visual Studio calls C++ for its current release. > > You cannot port that shit. Nor should you. >
Warning heeded, and understood. That's not the first time I've heard less than stellar accounts regarding gecko. One thing with webkit is at least the option is there to use a different compiler (llvm/clang). And it looks like they're in the initial stages of unifying the build system to gyp (written in python, which Plan 9 already supports) - which is far better than autotools IMHO.
