[Aquamacs-devel] future gcc releases on OS X -- they may be going away

[David Reitter]

I don't think Aquamacs or Emacs compile with the original GCC 4.x, but  
only with Apple's GCC.

I also suspect that OS X users are the the largest or at least the  
second largest GCC user group (by platform).   OS X itself is compiled  
on gcc...
If Apple contributed more changes back to the gcc project, they  
wouldn't have to declare Apple's platform a "secondary" one.

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On Sep 22, 2009, at 6:35 PM, Brian Barnes wrote:

> Fellow OS X coders,
>
> First, I apologize for this off-topic post, but I hope it is of  
> interest to you all.  I use Aquamacs nearly every day to code in  
> Fortran and Python (my Fortran codes are compiled using gcc/ 
> gfortran), and I just wanted to give you all a heads up to a recent  
> development in gcc land.
>
> The GNU steering committee has decided to remove OS X (intel) from  
> their primary target list, and OS X (power pc) from their secondary  
> target list.  This means that future releases of gcc may not work on  
> OS X.  I presume many of you compile codes using gcc every day.   
> This would kill the availability of a free compiler for languages  
> not supported by llvm/clang on OS X (which is a surprisingly lengthy  
> list).
>
> http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-dev/2009-September/010209.html
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2009-09/msg01523.html
>
> I don't know what to do about this, and I certainly can't help  
> maintain gcc.  But maybe someone reading this list will have an  
> idea, or know someone who can help. Finally, Aquamacs is awesome --  
> thank you for this tool!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Brian Barnes
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