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.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
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