Re: Is JIT OK on x86_64?

[Terry Duell]

Hello Jordi,

On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 02:23:01 +1100, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso  
<address@hidden> wrote:

> On Mon, 2014-11-17 at 16:44 +1100, Terry Duell wrote:
> > I will be building for an x86_64, and would like advice on enabling
> > JIT. I don't want to go through the build process with JIT enabled
> > if it is a known problem.
>
> JIT compiling can be enabled for x86_64, but please note that JIT
> compiling is mostly a white elephant at this point. It doesn't compile
> anything but the most trivial of loops, and it's causing all of us a
> maintenance burden. I would recommend against spending the effort to
> make Octave build with JIT compiling. If you know of someone who
> understands this topic, please direct them our way.

Thanks for explanation.
Sorry, I don't know anyone who can help, wish I did.
I'll build with JIT disabled.

Cheers,
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Regards,
Terry Duell