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From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
Subject: Re: dropping compiler support in -current 
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On 17 Aug, Peter Wemm wrote:
 
> - There are going to be alpha boxes around for another year so so. The
> hardware is  viable for  a while  more yet.  The problem  is developer
> time.

I'd like  to point  out, that this  port is important  not only  for the
actual users of  Alpha. Maintaining it already helped  and will continue
helping improving our code -- most importantly in the 64-bitness area.

This should  help us  jump onto  IA-64 and whatever  else the  future is
bringing much quicker.

	-mi


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