=================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/OpenXM_contrib/gmp/mpn/Attic/README,v retrieving revision 1.1 retrieving revision 1.1.1.2 diff -u -p -r1.1 -r1.1.1.2 --- OpenXM_contrib/gmp/mpn/Attic/README 2000/01/10 15:35:22 1.1 +++ OpenXM_contrib/gmp/mpn/Attic/README 2000/09/09 14:12:20 1.1.1.2 @@ -1,15 +1,13 @@ This directory contains all code for the mpn layer of GMP. -Most subdirectories contain machine-dependent code, written in assembly or -C. The `generic' subdirectory contains default code, used when there is no +Most subdirectories contain machine-dependent code, written in assembly or C. +The `generic' subdirectory contains default code, used when there is no machine-dependent replacement for a particular machine. -There is one subdirectory for each architecture. Note that e.g., 32-bit -sparc and 64-bit sparc cannot share any code, and are therefore considered -completely different architecture. +There is one subdirectory for each ISA family. Note that e.g., 32-bit SPARC +and 64-bit SPARC are very different ISA's, and thus cannot share any code. -A particular machine will only use code from one such subdirectory, and the -`generic' subdirectory. The architecture-specific subdirectory contains a -hierachy of directories for various architecture variants and -implementations; the top-most level contains code that runs correctly on all -variants. +A particular compile will only use code from one subdirectory, and the +`generic' subdirectory. The ISA-specific subdirectories contain hierachies of +directories for various architecture variants and implementations; the +top-most level contains code that runs correctly on all variants.