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Set by lizmat on 24 May 2021.
lizmat github.com/Raku/nqp/issues/825 09:22
timo could there be a little-endian/big-endian problem? 19:59
maybe this is related to in-situ strings? 20:07
we should definitely semi-regularly test moar on a big endian system. at least a 64bit system, but probably a good idea to also test it on 32bit systems? 20:48
ab5tract I honestly think 32 bit is pointless and unnecessary, but I know there are others who feel do 20:51
*different
If we do decide to care, there should be a cutoff 20:53
ugexe FreeBSD is dropping 32bit support 20:54
ab5tract Can you even spin up a 32 bit container in AWS, GCP, or Azure?
If not, we need to drop it out of being unable to test 20:55
timo well, if we don't support 32bit at all, we should make that an official thing
isn't it relatively easy to run 32bit stuff on a 64bit linux?
ab5tract timo: fair. But last time I tried (like almost 10 years ago) it was broken
timo what "it" exactly was that?
ugexe I imagine any 32bit usage of rakudo is on arm
ab5tract compiling rakudo 20:56
timo i'm looking for a linux distro that is offered for some 64bit big endian system that i can emulate with qemu-system
i'll be trying adelielinux 21:01
i'll share the disk image when i have something half-usable 21:30