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From: "Ross S. W. Walker" <rwalker@ant.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 32-bit? Where is it?
Date: 28 Oct 1996 18:23:58 GMT
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Alexei Persianov <pers@polly.phys.msu.su> wrote in article
<3274B6DD.794BDF32@polly.phys.msu.su>...
> I have installed FreeBSD 2.2-Current.
> I don't understand is FreeBSD 32-bit system at all. Can I build 32-bit
> code from c source using FreeBSD. And, What compiler shall I use to
> build 32-bit code under FreeBSD? Does gcc supports this?
> Alex Pers.

You don't need to do anything special to develop 32 bit software in unix,
just build them, they will be 32 bit.

I definately recommend using gcc as your compiler. It produces fast and
tight code, besides do you know of any other c/c++/obj-c compilers for
FreeBSD?

Gcc, emacs and rcs make a powerful development suite. Combine it with
a good X-windows implementation (like the X-inside server plus CDE)
and you will have a damn good coding station (better then any WinNT
commercial development suite).


Cheers,

Ross Walker
rsww@quanta.com