Bo Berglund wrote: > I am new to Linux, but I am invsetigating a performance issue in a big > tomography program developed for Windows. > We have made a command line version of this and compiled for 64 bit > architecture on Win X64 to evaluate performance improvements. > The compilation was done in WinXP (32 bit) using MS VisualStudio 2005 > but targeting X64. > > The questions now are: > > 1) Is it possible to cross-compile on Linux 32 bit to produce an > executable for the 64bit architecture Linux as well as 32 bit? Yes. You'd use g++ (gcc.gnu.org) > 3) The program is written in C++, would there be big porting issues > moving it from Windows to Linux, code-wise? It's not a question of language. It's a question of libraries. What does the program depend on? Matt Flaschen
