[Mono-list] F# support on mono, performance

[Andreas Färber]

Am 02.02.2010 um 21:28 schrieb Miguel de Icaza:

>
>> Mono runs on s390x, IA64 and HPPA but LLVM does not. However, LLVM  
>> has code
>> gens for PowerPC 64, Thumb, CellSPU, PIC16, MSP430, SystemZ and  
>> XCore but
>> Mono does not.
>
> You are confused.
>
> s390x is SystemZ.   Mono also supports PowerPC32 and PowerPC64 and has
> support for ARM, Thumb is just a variation on the instruction set.
>
> Cell is not a processor that can host CIL or Mono, so it does not  
> matter
> to us.

And to avoid new confusion, Mono does run on a Cell BE, whose PPE is  
based on PowerPC. It's merely the SPUs that Mono does not support.

Andreas