[erlang-questions] Fwd: [enhancement] string:split/2

[Vlad Dumitrescu]

I believe Richard's question wasn't aimed at just me, so I'm forwarding it here.

/Vlad

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From: Richard O'Keefe <ok@REDACTED>
Date: Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 04:41
Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] [enhancement] string:split/2

On 10 Oct 2008, at 7:56 pm, Vlad Dumitrescu wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 07:00, Richard O'Keefe <ok@REDACTED> wrote:
>>
>> Talking about "not requir[ing] HiPE" is like saying
>> "I demand that your C compiler produce efficient code
>> without optimisation."
>
> A side issue: the above comparison is not really correct. Until HiPE
> is available on all platforms and architectures supported by Erlang,
> it is perfectly valid to not want to have it as a requirement for an
> application.

The thing we are all agreed on is that it is desirable to have
HiPE "on all platforms and architectures supported by Erlang".
I was willing to pay USD 160 for a licence to the Intel C compiler
on my Mac.  All things considered, I'd be happy to donate a similar
amount towards getting HiPE going.  Could there be a HiPE foundation?