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Date:	Sat, 18 May 2002 14:46:23 PST7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: APL left behind? EMX development?

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Steven Levine wrote:
>
> OpenWatcom is fine, but is not
> a solution for building Octave.

Why?

> pgcc is a possibility, but it too
> seems to be lagging relative to gcc.

Yes. Ben says he needs at least 2.96; pgcc is currently at 2.95.3. If
the pgcc guys will make one more update . . . (Ben gets to ask them.)

> >Personally, I'd switch to Open Watcom.
>
> Not if you were the one attempting to port
> Octave you wouldn't. :-) Just converting
> the makefiles would be a major effort.

Well there you go. The makefile conversion is part of the value-add
here.

Hasn't somebody created a makefile converter yet?

- Peter

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