From: Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu@...>
Date: 2007-01-11T23:19:58+09:00
Subject: Re: same compiler needed for C libraries?

Hi,

At Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:47:47 +0900,
Xavier Noria wrote in [ruby-talk:233538]:
> I've often heard that the same compiler should be used to compile  
> Ruby and C extensions. I've also heard the same restriction for Perl,  
> mod_perl, and Apache. Libraries distributed as binaries for Windows  
> have to be compiled with Microsoft the compiler as well, right?

It is not accurate.  They have to be compiled with *same
version* of Microsoft compiler, or mingw and VC6.

> Say, for example, you've got a Ruby in Solaris compiled with the Sun  
> compiler, and the suite is not installed, nor can you install it.  
> Would you try to tweak Makefiles to compile some library with gcc? Or  
> is that just a bad idea and it is better to compile Ruby by hand  
> bypassing the system Ruby and go on from there?

In general, gcc generated code is compatible with system
compilers.

-- 
Nobu Nakada