> Another, technical, reason to consider the s390x to be a primary > platform is that it is a different 64-bit big-endian target. > > I always watch the test-result outcomes for gfortran of s390x closely - > it's too easy to mess things up using little-endian.
Same here. In C++ land it also has many of the std::numeric limits properties of alpha. Regardless of what happens with 4.3, I think the reality is that s/390 has been one of the better supported platforms for gcc since at least 3.2.x. The maintainers are very responsive and gcc-testresults is updated on a daily basis for multiple machine configs (390, 390x). IMHO this is the kind of behavior we as a group want to encourage. -benjamin
