Max Cantor <mxcan...@gmail.com> writes: Thanks Debbie,
I've confirmed with the other chaps (for the second chalet). Is there any news on a boat for us? Regards Tim > The last 32-bit, Intel Mac was the Mac Mini, discontinued in August > 2007. The bulk of them were discontinued in 2006, along with PowerPC > Macs. Does it make sense to relegate OSX x86_64 to community status > while the 32-bit version is considered a supported platform? > > Given that I'm far from experienced enough to be able to contribute > meaningfully to GHC, I'm not complaining about anyone's efforts, just > that those efforts might be a bit misallocated. I'd venture a guess > that far more people are interested in running 64-bit GHC on OSX than > in running GHC on what is now fairly antiquated hardware. > > mc > > > _______________________________________________ > Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list > Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users > > John Meacham <j...@repetae.net> writes: > Even though the hardware is x86_64, I thought the vast majority of > macs used a 32 bit build of OSX and 32 bit programs? > > John > > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:38 AM, Max Cantor <mxcan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> The last 32-bit, Intel Mac was the Mac Mini, discontinued in August >> 2007. The bulk of them were discontinued in 2006, along with PowerPC >> Macs. Does it make sense to relegate OSX x86_64 to community status >> while the 32-bit version is considered a supported platform? >> >> Given that I'm far from experienced enough to be able to contribute >> meaningfully to GHC, I'm not complaining about anyone's efforts, >> just that those efforts might be a bit misallocated. I'd venture a >> guess that far more people are interested in running 64-bit GHC on >> OSX than in running GHC on what is now fairly antiquated hardware. >> >> mc >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list >> Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list > Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users > > -- Timmy Whelan tel: +27 (0)33 2344300 P.O. Box 14 mob: +27 (0)72 5583748 Dargle 3265 http://www.suntail.net KwaZulu Natal mailto:t...@suntail.net South Africa pgp: 18E1 C226 DE93 56DA 1E32 E496 E84C CBDD 6C4F 47BC
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