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In <1993Sep25.010731.14946@megatek.com> rgs@megatek.com (Rusty Sanders) writes:
| For the sorts of embedded applications I do, I'm not really running
| any OS at all.
| 
| I can't fathom why Mips/SGI doesn't feel an urgent need to get a
| cross supporting compiler out that supports 64bit mode.

MIPS per se no longer exists.  64 bit compilers are being worked
on (have been getting worked on for some time now).  It isn't trivial,
as you need *some* kind of environment to do the testing, which means
some kind of OS, in practice.  It's happening, but it takes time.

Also, 64 bit is by no means the highest priority in the company; there
simply aren't that many folks that need it (many of those who need it,
want/need it badly, of course).  The company needs to keep making money,
and supporting new and current products, and that delays things further
than would otherwise be the case.

Yes, MTI is a semi-independent part of SGI with it's own customers,
but it is still part of SGI.  MIPS as a company lost money, and there
is a strong desire to not have MTI lose money...

I speak for myself, out of my own perceptions, the company probably
doesn't share my opinions exactly, if at all.
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The most beautiful things in the world are              |   Dave Olson
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