Re: Steps to get to GTK+ 3.0

["Felipe Contreras" <felipe contreras gmail com>]

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 1:38 PM, sparkymat <csy0013 googlemail com> wrote:
>>> You're assuming GCC/Linux/x86 environments, there are other environments,
>>> such as embeded devices with optimized compilers for their architecture or
>>> non Linux operating systems for non x86 architectures where getting latest
>>> GCC is not as easy.
>>>
>>> As Gtk is targetting to the mobile space, I think keeping support for a
>>> broader set of compilers/platforms is essential and the gains of C99 for
>>> code that is already written, tested and working for C89 is not such a gain
>>> at all.
>>
>> How broad is that set going to be? A popular alternative in the
>> embedded world is ARM's RVCT tool-chain, which doesn't even have
>> pthread support, which is POSIX. So my bet is that it's not currently
>> used to compile GTK+, nor will be anytime soon.
>>
>
> Doesn't GNU have an ARM compiler? Googling gave me this
> (http://www.gnuarm.com/).

Yes, Montavista and Codesourcery both sell support for such compilers,
and of course you can build your own [1].

[1] http://blog.felipebalbi.com/?p=40

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Felipe Contreras