hipe vs native compilation

[ke.han]

Bengt Kleberg wrote:
> On 2006-01-12 16:40, Joel Reymont wrote:

> 
> last time i heard the existing hipe targets where:
> sparc
> x86
> 
> unless you have a very new mac :-) you can not get native Mac OSX code.

Are you implying that the new iMac on Intel can magically compile to 
native code??  That is, there is no need to wait for a new erlang 
release that enables OSX-x86?

I'm getting in a new iMac in a few weeks and would love to know.
thanks, ke han