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I think it's a nice idea in theory to provide cross-compilation support by means of emulating all possible target architectures on the compiling machine. Then
by cryptarch 10y ago
I think it's a nice idea in theory to provide cross-compilation support by means of emulating all possible target architectures on the compiling machine.
Then I remember that I'd be managing a custom heterogenous compute cluster just to compile some code.
- mentat 10y agoIt's not emulation, it's cross-compilation which has existed basically forever. You don't have to target the same instruction set as the one you're compiling on.
- cryptarch 10y agoI am well aware of that, I was referencing the concept of "cross-compilation" the GP seemed to have.
- mentat 10y agoI see what you mean now, using like qemu or something. So "emulated native compilation". It is an interesting concept. Sorry for misunderstanding you.
- cryptarch 10y agoIndeed, "virtualbox-the-crosscompiler" (probably from hell). QEMU would be a few orders of magnitude slower but I think it supports many more archs. No hard feelings :)