Re: [MiNT] MiNTLib for ColdFire

[Lonny Pursell <atari@bright.net>]

on 4/29/09 3:48 AM, Vincent Rivière wrote:

> Lonny Pursell wrote:
>> I suppose the upside is if you get some tools that build CF native apps (for
>> lack of a better term), then the fun factor kicks in.
> 
> You totally got my point :-)
> If, despite of the hard work of the ACP team, the compatibility with legacy
> 680x0 binaries or the emulation speed are too low, native ColdFire apps will
> be appreciated.
> 
> And since one of the goals of MiNT is to allow the usage of UNIX/GNU tools
> on TOS systems, and since that tools are Free Software, I can't imagine why
> we would not recompile them for optimal performance on specific machines.

There's also the possibility of reworking the GFA-Basic Compiler/Library so
it builds CF native apps.  Then this would allow just a recompile, to get
even more stuff up and running at improved speeds.  However, I don't know
just how much work this will be, I suspect a lot.  But, I'm willing to do it
if the machine is released.

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Lonny Pursell    http://www.bright.net/~gfabasic/