Re: [Boost-users] Spirit Porting

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Spirit Porting
From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-30 21:46:46

On 10/31/10 3:40 AM, Bryce Lelbach wrote:

>> [snip about IBM compiler issues]
>
> If someone provides me with a licensed copy of IBM's compiler, I will look into
> the MPL thing and spend some time trying to resolve the issue with
> Serialization. Unfortunately, my understanding is that IBM's compiler is closed
> source, which will prevent me from actually fixing any of the compiler's
> problems instead of just writing workarounds. Because of this, I'm not going to
> commit large portions of my time to IBM's compiler, as I haven't heard any
> users asking for this and I'm not a fan of fruitlessly writing workarounds.
  ...

> On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:21:45 -0500
> "Hartmut Kaiser"<hartmut.kaiser_at_[hidden]>  wrote:
>
>> Just forget the IBM compiler. It's not up to the task to compile any of
>> Spirit V2 code.
>
> On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 08:34:34 +0800
> Joel de Guzman<joel_at_[hidden]>  wrote:
>
>> Alas, neither Hartmut nor I have access to the IBM compiler nor have any
>> experience with it.
>
> Ah, but we've got at least one Spirit user who is using Visual Age (Avi), and he
> was one of the first people to respond to this thread. As I have said, my time
> is limited, but if someone makes the resources available to me (aka legal copy
> of Visual Age + documentation), I will put some time into this (I don't think
> it's too farfetched for me to say that I'm a "compiler hacker").

Re: licensed copy of IBM's compiler:

We also discussed that with Michael. Michael mentioned that he wanted to
make a platform available for boosters. Perhaps it's time to ask again.

Regards,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
http://www.boostpro.com
http://spirit.sf.net