Hi,
I'd like to help out with supporting the MSVC compiler on Windows.
I'm tied up with work this week, but can take a look at the task from
next Monday.
Geir, regarding your concerns about MSVC's commercial nature being a
barrier to entry, I am sure that wouldn't be a problem, as the MSVC
optimizing compiler is available as a free download from Microsoft's
website:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=272be09d-40bb-49fd-9cb0-4bfa122fa91b&displaylang=en
It is only the actual IDE that is commercial, with the Express
Editions estimated to cost $49 per copy (although the betas are free,
as Devanum pointed out).
It would probably be wise to focus most of the group's initial
efforts on maintaining GCC support, while a few interested people can
work on maintaining support for other compilers. I believe that the
feedback from the work done on adding compiler compatibility would be
of easier to incorporate if we start early,with the smaller/younger
code base, instead of waiting till later.
- tanuj
On 10/22/05, Apache Harmony Bootstrap JVM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm with Geir on his comments, but evaluating MSVC
> I think is a good idea because there are so many
> folks who use it-- or is it? Rodrigo' comments about
> confusion with multiple compiler support make a
> compelling argument about going with _one_
> compiler-- and look at the minor diffs we have
> already experienced! Rodrigo needs '__int64' on
> hit Linux box, and Robin is arguing with finding
> the correct 'thread.h' (apparently), and I had no
> problems. All of us are using GCC. What does
> this tell us? The less we deal with mechanical
> issues like compiler invocations, the more real
> work we get done.
>
> Bottom line: Should we just declare one compiler
> for now and branch out later, once we have all of
> our porting done?
>
> Next observation: There has been an offer of help
> with 'autotools' and some concern about that tool.
> I've seen GNU autoconf work (part of autotools?)
> nicely, and I'm interested in exploring this avenue
> further.
>
> Dan Lydick
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Davanum Srinivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Oct 21, 2005 10:31 AM
> To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Small problems building under cygwin
>
> I believe Express versions are available for download -
> http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/visualc/default.aspx
>
> -- dims
>
> On 10/21/05, Geir Magnusson Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'd like to be sure that we don't have a barrier to entry by having
> > to go get commercial software to build the project - by this I mean
> > a MSVC requirement. I'm happy if windows users can use MSVC if they
> > want - i.e. if someone supports it - but it can't be the only option.
> >
> > geir
> >
> ...snip...
>
>
>
>
>
> Dan Lydick
>
