On Apr-24, Leopold Toetsch wrote:
> I've extended the config system by CPU specific functionality:
> - new config step config/gen/cpu.pl is run after jit.pl
> - this step probes for config/gen/cpu/$cpu/auto.pl and runs it if present
> 
> For i386 we have:
> - a new tool as2c.pl, which creates hopefully platform independent C 
> code from a gcc source file
> - memcpy_mmx*.c
> - and i386/auto.pl which runs this file as a test and sets config vars
> 
> Next step will be to incorporated these files in platform code.

And then we will have a natural choice for the next code name. Parrot
will be the fastest bird in existence, but still won't quite fly, so
let's call it a Cheeto (cheetah + dodo).

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