Do we run on any systems that don't support Go? Rust?

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Sat, 07 Jun 2025 13:47:25 -0700
Hal Murray via devel <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:

> Gary said:
> > Yes.  Many.  
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Years ago, we were considering converting everything to Go.  I don't 
> remember any mention of systems that don't support Go.  Did I miss
> (or forget) something?

Depends on what you mean "support".  Google has said they do not "support"
got for anything, except their internal projects.  They seem to have lost
interest in go and a doing much more in Rust now.

Here is the list of Go targets:

    $ go tool dist list
    aix/ppc64
    android/386
    android/amd64
    android/arm
    android/arm64
    darwin/amd64
    darwin/arm64
    dragonfly/amd64
    freebsd/386
    freebsd/amd64
    freebsd/arm
    freebsd/arm64
    freebsd/riscv64
    illumos/amd64
    ios/amd64
    ios/arm64
    js/wasm
    linux/386
    linux/amd64
    linux/arm
    linux/arm64
    linux/loong64
    linux/mips
    linux/mips64
    linux/mips64le
    linux/mipsle
    linux/ppc64
    linux/ppc64le
    linux/riscv64
    linux/s390x
    netbsd/386
    netbsd/amd64
    netbsd/arm
    netbsd/arm64
    openbsd/386
    openbsd/amd64
    openbsd/arm
    openbsd/arm64
    openbsd/ppc64
    openbsd/riscv64
    plan9/386
    plan9/amd64
    plan9/arm
    solaris/amd64
    wasip1/wasm
    windows/386
    windows/amd64
    windows/arm64

Compare that to the list of clang target CPUS:

$  llc --version 
LLVM (http://llvm.org/):
  LLVM version 20.1.6
  Optimized build.
  Default target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
  Host CPU: znver2

  Registered Targets:
    aarch64     - AArch64 (little endian)
    aarch64_32  - AArch64 (little endian ILP32)
    aarch64_be  - AArch64 (big endian)
    amdgcn      - AMD GCN GPUs
    arm         - ARM
    arm64       - ARM64 (little endian)
    arm64_32    - ARM64 (little endian ILP32)
    armeb       - ARM (big endian)
    avr         - Atmel AVR Microcontroller
    bpf         - BPF (host endian)
    bpfeb       - BPF (big endian)
    bpfel       - BPF (little endian)
    hexagon     - Hexagon
    lanai       - Lanai
    loongarch32 - 32-bit LoongArch
    loongarch64 - 64-bit LoongArch
    mips        - MIPS (32-bit big endian)
    mips64      - MIPS (64-bit big endian)
    mips64el    - MIPS (64-bit little endian)
    mipsel      - MIPS (32-bit little endian)
    msp430      - MSP430 [experimental]
    nvptx       - NVIDIA PTX 32-bit
    nvptx64     - NVIDIA PTX 64-bit
    ppc32       - PowerPC 32
    ppc32le     - PowerPC 32 LE
    ppc64       - PowerPC 64
    ppc64le     - PowerPC 64 LE
    r600        - AMD GPUs HD2XXX-HD6XXX
    riscv32     - 32-bit RISC-V
    riscv64     - 64-bit RISC-V
    sparc       - Sparc
    sparcel     - Sparc LE
    sparcv9     - Sparc V9
    systemz     - SystemZ
    thumb       - Thumb
    thumbeb     - Thumb (big endian)
    ve          - VE
    wasm32      - WebAssembly 32-bit
    wasm64      - WebAssembly 64-bit
    x86         - 32-bit X86: Pentium-Pro and above
    x86-64      - 64-bit X86: EM64T and AMD64
    xcore       - XCore

> Any suggestions?

Wait another decade.

> Assuming we get things converted to Go, do we just put the old code
> on standby?  Fix security bugs for a while.

Great way to kill the project.

RGDS
GARY
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