I don't think that just because Linux is running on a 64-bit chip means it is running
64-bit binaries.
Remember the win-16/win-32 transition? I didn't see anything that convinced me GCC is
creating binary
code with 64-bit instructions on the GNU page. I believe this work may be going on
under a
non-disclosure agreement somewhere. Oh well, we keep our ears to the ground.
Steve
lunaslide wrote:
> "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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