[fpc-devel] Forwarded message about FPC status

[Florian Klaempfl]

Am 25.12.2012 11:32, schrieb Mark Morgan Lloyd:
> Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Dec 2012, Martin Schreiber wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>> - Produce at least as good code as Delphi 7.
>>>>> - Compile at least as fast as Delphi 7.
>>>>
>>>> You know that sacrifices need to be made to make a compiler cross
>>>> platform and easily portable.  You can't have it all.
>>>>
>>> We will see.
>>
>> It would be good if, prior to forking off, you would do some study and
>> post some proposals here.
>>
>> As long as your proposals do not include reducing the number of
>> platforms/CPUs (an obvious optimization), I'm sure they will get
>> serious consideration:
>
> Although I think the time is approaching when some CPUs- IA-64 etc.- and
> OSes could usefully be moved into an "attic" subtree.
>

What's the advantage in doing so? The code hangs around and does not 
hurt in any way.