Subj : Re: enigma on M68K linux
To : vorlon
From : tenser
Date : Fri Jan 20 2023 04:46 am
On 19 Jan 2023 at 12:03p, vorlon pondered and said...
vo> Hello Digital Man!
vo>
vo> > > I've read that some or all ARM chips can be switched to work in
vo> > > either mode.
vo>
vo> > Yeah, MIPS processors are like that too, but while in my experience
vo> > most ARM systems run little-endian, most MIPS systems run big-endian.
vo>
vo> And it catches many people out... #-0)
vo>
vo> Btw: would SBBS compile and work on M68K Linux?
I don't see why it wouldn't, provided you can find a recent
enough OS and toolchain. The problem with V8 is that it's
jitting to native object code; so unless you've got a backend
for that, it won't run on your platform.
I'm a bit surprised there isn't a fallback to either a
portable p-code or just straight-up interpreter.
