Re: ocaml without X, how?
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 02:34:42PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 09:29:40PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 01:05:41PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> > > Where does the native compiler not work, and why? I thought that it
> > > just generated C code?
> >
> > The native code compiler is a real compiler and produces true asm code,
> > and even with more optimization possibilities than C code is able to do,
>
> Ahh, OK.
>
> Well there is still another option: ocamlc -custom, which generates a
> native executable, works on all platforms, and doesn't require the ocaml
> packages to run. I wonder about using it?
Nope, this is evil and counter to anything debian stands for.
Or would you recomend linking C stuff statically in order to get ride of
the need for shared library packages ?
Also, ocamlc -custom code is no more binary: all, which cause
duplication of almost the same code in many packages, and a heavy burden
to those slower arches.
The only moment when this is a good idea is with packages like advi,
which include C bindings which are not in a separate library.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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