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[John Cowan]

Michael Eager scripsit:

> What others have said is that at times what appears to be a native
> build, since the switch values are the same, is actually a a 
> cross-compile.

Evidently I missed that point.  Can someone give or point me to a
concrete example?

> I think that you miss the point.  It's the guessing that is
> problematic.

Guessing is always problematic.

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