[Openmcl-devel] M1 port: Call for funding

[Andrew Shalit]

I added a milestone at the top to document the architecture (tagging, stack layout, calling conventions, atomicity, etc), with any updates for the ARM-64. I believe that’s necessary and valuable.

> On Dec 31, 2023, at 1:04 AM, R. Matthew Emerson <rme at acm.org> wrote:
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>> On Dec 30, 2023, at 5:42 AM, Gail Zacharias <gz at clozure.com> wrote:
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>> I'm willing to contribute on a milestone-based plan.
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> Here’s a rough list of proposed milestones that I wrote today. If I had adequate financial support to work on CCL, this is the path I would follow.  I followed a similar path when doing the 32-bit x86 port.
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> https://github.com/Clozure/ccl/wiki/ARM64-port-draft-milestones
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> I believe I configured the wiki so that it is editable by anyone.
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> One thing that I didn’t mention explicitly is thoroughly documenting the porting process as it progresses. That would have to be an essential work product.
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