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Re: rfc: altivec.h
- From: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>
- To: Alex Rosenberg <alexr at spies dot com>
- Cc: Aldy Hernandez <aldyh at redhat dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, dje at watson dot ibm dot com
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:57:27 -0800
- Subject: Re: rfc: altivec.h
- References: <B86A13CE.56BA7%alexr@spies.com>
Alex Rosenberg wrote:
> The correct way to implement AltiVec is with context-sensitive keywords directly
> in the parser. That gcc may not be designed well to do that isn't an excuse
> for the gcc project to dictate to the rest of the world a whole new syntax
> full of limitations.
You've got it backwards. We're not trying to dictate anything. It's
*you* are trying to dictate to the world a while new syntax full of
limitations. However, we refuse to let a non-standard, poorly-thought-out
hardware-specific extension distate to *us*. *You* can implement
whatever you want, and you're free to use gcc to do so. However, we
have no obligation or intention to incorporate a broken extension into
our source base. If you want *us* to support AltiVec, you must do it
on our terms.
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--Per Bothner
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