From: Fabrice Popineau <fabrice.popineau@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: "Nicolas Bértolo" <nicolasbertolo@gmail.com>,
akrl@sdf.org, "Emacs developers" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [WIP] Port feature/native-comp to Windows.
Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 20:19:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFgFV9NQ9SG_YdQLSPr9B+C4ywS1R6GXk=A3+20Y1ShdowLfWQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83eerqbg22.fsf@gnu.org>
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Le lun. 11 mai 2020 à 18:20, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> a écrit :
> > From: Nicolas Bértolo <nicolasbertolo@gmail.com>
> > Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 12:20:36 -0300
> > Cc: Andrea Corallo <akrl@sdf.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> >
> > > I don't think it would be wise for us to distribute libgccjit, because
> > > then we'd need to distribute the GCC sources, and the user will be
> > > unable to reliably use the shipped libgccjit with their local GCC
> > > installation (due to possible version mismatch).
> >
> > IMHO that is really inconvenient from the point of view of a user that
> just
> > wants to install Emacs and use all its features.
>
>
> This is a price to pay for compiling to native code using an external
> compiler. there's no way around this, I think. People who cannot
> afford installing a working compiler and Binutils will have to give up
> compiling Lisp files to native code (the Lisp files that come with
> Emacs can still be provided as *.eln, I would hope).
>
<Out_of_Topic>
I guess I am not alone reading this and thinking:
well, Common Lisp provides an embedded compiler even at runtime for years.
(Sorry but could not resist)
</Out_of_Topic>
About the issue there. In the Windows context I would totally follow
Nicolas here.
If Emacs users have to install a working gcc toolchain to be able to
compile to native code,
it almost totally defeats the purpose.
IMHO, the right way to do it is to target a binary distribution that has
all of what is needed.
Else, you will end up in a situation where people must compile their own
binary.
Nobody will do it.
Best regards,
Fabrice
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Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-08 19:55 [PATCH] [WIP] Port feature/native-comp to Windows Nicolas Bertolo
2020-05-08 22:00 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-08 22:11 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-08 22:22 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-08 22:23 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-08 22:27 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-08 23:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-09 6:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-09 15:28 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-09 15:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-09 17:09 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-10 16:36 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-10 17:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-10 17:50 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-10 18:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-10 19:02 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-10 19:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-10 19:41 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-10 19:50 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-10 19:55 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-10 20:01 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-11 14:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-11 14:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-11 15:20 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-11 16:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-11 16:43 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-11 16:44 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-11 17:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-11 18:19 ` Fabrice Popineau [this message]
2020-05-11 18:37 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-11 18:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-11 19:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-11 19:42 ` Fabrice Popineau
2020-05-12 2:46 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-12 16:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-12 17:25 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-12 18:21 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-12 20:33 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-13 14:09 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-13 14:31 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-13 15:00 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-13 15:17 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-13 15:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-13 3:59 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-13 14:02 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-13 15:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-13 14:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-10 19:47 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-10 19:39 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-10 17:13 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-10 17:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-10 18:14 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-10 18:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-10 18:54 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-10 19:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-10 19:07 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-10 19:14 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-10 19:24 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-10 19:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-10 18:05 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-10 18:23 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-10 17:20 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-09 13:42 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-09 15:40 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-09 15:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-09 16:07 ` Nicolas Bértolo
2020-05-09 16:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-09 16:27 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-09 16:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-09 16:46 ` Andrea Corallo
2020-05-09 16:52 ` Andrea Corallo
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