Re: Compiling for Mac

[Neil Jerram]

>>>>> "Anthony" == Anthony Kozar <address@hidden> writes:

    Anthony> Hello Guilers!  I am a guile newbie and I am attempting
    Anthony> to compile guile for the "legacy" Mac OS (OS 9 and
    Anthony> earlier). [...]

Hi Anthony,

I'm afraid I can't help with much of the detail here, but I can help
with the .x files ...

    Anthony> * What is the purpose of all of the *.x files?  Why are
    Anthony> they built dynamically?

They contain the lines of C code necessary to export functions
etc. defined in C to the Scheme world.

    Anthony> * Would it be possible to use the *.x files from another
    Anthony> platform (Mac OS X for example) when compiling on Mac OS
    Anthony> 9?

Yes, because the generated output is platform-independent.

Regards,
        Neil