platforms problems

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 11:54:09AM -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> If I'm understanding you correctly, merging the threads and io_cleanup
> branches into Parrot will negate the ability to run Parrot on
> Darwin/PPC, some BSDs, and some Solaris systems.  

moritz++ points out on #perl6 that "negate the ability to run 
Parrot" may be too strong a conclusion to draw, so let me modify it
to "lose support for some features" on some platforms.  It would
help to know what features/capabilities would be lost, in that case.

Pm