On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 12:17:24PM -0700, Samuel Smythe wrote: > It is well-known that Apple has been a significant provider of GCC > enhancements. But it is also probably now well-known that they have > opted to drop the PPC architecture in favor of an x86-based > architecture. Will Apple continue to contribute to the PPC-related > componentry of GCC, or will such contributions be phased out as the > transition is made to the x86-based systems? In turn, will Apple be > providing more x86-related contributions to GCC?
I don't think anyone on this list (even the Apple employees) has a useful answer to that that they could give you right now. I hope we don't have to have a long, drawn out discussion where everyone speculates as to what might happen.
