Re: [fpc-pascal]how much work is proting fpc

2004-09-03 Thread Olle Raab
04-09-03 10.22, skrev Marco van de Voort följande: > Typically one starts converting the OS API interface, and then try to get > bits and pieces from the most similar OS to convert and get working using > the own API. Startup (entry) code is also always a problem, and new non-unix > ports might al

Re: [fpc-pascal]how much work is proting fpc

2004-09-03 Thread Marco van de Voort
> At first: Don't get me wrong and expect anything, I'm only curious. > > That said: > How much work would it be to port fpc to another processor? Peter already did this. > Same for another OS? How easy depends on the OS. Yet another Unix should be pretty easy to do an initial port to (Jonas

Re: [fpc-pascal]how much work is proting fpc

2004-09-03 Thread Florian Klaempfl
Peter Vreman wrote: Hi, At first: Don't get me wrong and expect anything, I'm only curious. That said: How much work would it be to port fpc to another processor? Same for another OS? Maybe some of the experienced folks can give a short sketch in a few sentences of the process of porting. Porting

Re: [fpc-pascal]how much work is proting fpc

2004-09-03 Thread Peter Vreman
> Hi, > > At first: Don't get me wrong and expect anything, I'm only curious. > > That said: > How much work would it be to port fpc to another processor? > Same for another OS? > > Maybe some of the experienced folks can give a short sketch in a few > sentences of the process of porting. Porting

[fpc-pascal]how much work is proting fpc

2004-09-03 Thread Marc Santhoff
Hi, At first: Don't get me wrong and expect anything, I'm only curious. That said: How much work would it be to port fpc to another processor? Same for another OS? Maybe some of the experienced folks can give a short sketch in a few sentences of the process of porting. TIA, Marc