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- From: md94-tar@nada.kth.se (Tomas Arvidsson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: 680X0 -> PPC translator?
- Date: 15 Feb 96 17:53:29 GMT
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- In <4fstt2$old@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu> fkrj@crux4.cit.cornell.edu (Benjamin Kenobi) writes:
-
- >I'm just wondering, is there any good reason AT can't write a program which
- >will tranlsate binary executables from 680X0 -> PPC, doing optimizations along
- >the way?
-
- The good resons are "complexity", "time" and "money". It is possible
- to write such a translator/compiler and it have been done (at least
- for other processors) but it is very difficult, takes a long time and
- therefor consumes a lot of resources (money and personell). There
- might also be legal issues invloved, and have been in the past.
-
- In short, it's not worth it.
-
- >Dan
-
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