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- runs on Mac OS X, but targets iOS
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- runs on x86_64 linux, but targets i386
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- runs on some existing GHC supported platform, but targets a smaller embedded platform
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- **Cross-building** a normal compiler: Build on one platform a compiler that that runs on, and targets another. Examples:
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- **Cross-building** a normal compiler: Build on one platform a compiler that runs on, and targets another. Examples:
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- [ TakeoffGW](http://takeoffgw.sourceforge.net/) is a distribution of Unix tools for Windows, built by cross-compiling on a Linux machine. They would like to be able to build and distribute GHC this way. It might be useful for us to be able to cross-compile a Windows GHC from Linux too.
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- build a 64-bit GHC on OS X, by cross-compiling using the 32-bit version.
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