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Originally Posted by DaveP1 View Post
If the ARM processor core lacks the capability to handle certain functions, I can understand that. While a compiler can get around many instruction limitations, even with RISC chips (witness the IBM Power series), on a device with multiple hardware constraints eventually you run out of possibilities. Just looking at the way the N800 and N810 were set up, I would guess there are issues of memory addressability (and possibly graphics).
If the code isn't available, you can't compile it.
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