"Steven T. Hatton" wrote:
>
> I asked a few days ago if anybody knows of an effort to make GCC able to
> compile 64-bit executables. I didn't hear an answer. I am asking this
> question again because of something I just read by Linus in _Open
> Sources_:*Voices from the Open Source Revolution*
>
>
>http://search.borders.com/fcgi-bin/db2www/search/search.d2w/Details?&mediaType=Book&prodID=51273228
>
> Basically he said the ability of Linux to port to 64-bit chips is
> directly dependent on the ability of GCC to compile for 64-bit systems.
>
> Does anybody know?
Actually, I did answer a few days ago. Linux is available for Alpha,
which is 64-bit, so gcc can produce 64-bit binaries. How it does that
is another question, because on the site it says: "GCC can generate
a.out, COFF, ELF, & OSF-Rose files when used with a suitable assembler,"
which seems to indicate that it depends on the assembler used with it.
Head over to http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc.html and read up.
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