Re: Compiling 9atom kernel WAS: Re: spaces in filenames

On Saturday, April 30, 2011 04:33:23 PM Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> > Gecko is also written primarily in c++, which means porting a c++
> > compiler to plan 9 would still remain a prerequisite for that path also.
> 
> No, it's written in a combination of g++-<version_of_the_week> and
> whatever Visual Studio calls C++ for its current release.
> 
> You cannot port that shit. Nor should you.
> 

Warning heeded, and understood.  That's not the first time I've 
heard less than stellar accounts regarding gecko.

One thing with webkit is at least the option is there to use a different
compiler (llvm/clang).  And it looks like they're in the initial stages of 
unifying the build system to gyp (written in python, which Plan 9 
already supports) - which is far better  than autotools IMHO.