D auto-tester

Nick Sabalausky a at a.a
Sat May 7 17:05:49 PDT 2011


"Robert Clipsham" <robert at octarineparrot.com> wrote in message 
news:iq4gpa$tq0$2 at digitalmars.com...
> On 07/05/2011 23:15, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> "Robert Clipsham"<robert at octarineparrot.com>  wrote in message
>> news:ipv3tv$1eg0$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>>
>>>>    * What is "Linux 32/64" vs. "64/32"?
>>>
>>> 32 bit dmd creating 64 bit binaries, 64 bit dmd creating 32 bit 
>>> binaries.
>>> I believe you get a description if you hover over them.
>>>
>>
>> Probably a stupid question, but 32-bit DMD can't create 64-bit binaries 
>> when
>> running on a 32-bit system, can it? I assume 32-bit DMD can only create
>> 64-bit binaries when running on a 64-bit system, right?
>
> It should be able to if you have a multilib gcc installed, along with the 
> relevant 64bit libraries

Oh, cool :)

> (that makes it sound so simple, I know from experience that anything to do 
> with gcc almost 100% isn't that simple).

Definitely. I think I've managed to develop a strong allergy to gcc due to 
such issues in the past.

> You won't be able to run the resulting binary of course.
>

Aww, shucks ;) There go my plans of a software-based CPU upgrade!





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