Re: Converting the gcc backend to a library?

[Edward Jason Riedy <ejr at CS dot Berkeley dot EDU>]

And Jeffrey A Law writes:
 -   > Tera's compilers:  www.tera.com
 - Really?

Yup.  They also use gdb for remote debugging, but that doesn't need 
many changes.  The source for those changes was denied, too.

 - If all they're using is gcc, then it's not that big of a deal (personal
 - opinion).

Likewise.  That's why I didn't push it.  They're using some of the
header files, too, or at least _G_config.h.

 -   > IDA/SRC seems to like starting with gcc)
 - Of course.  Why re-invent the wheel?

There's absolutely no reason to re-invent the wheel.  My beef with them
is that they took an existing wheel, replaced the spokes, and are forcing
other people to reinvent wheels to get similar spokes.  It doesn't violate 
the FSF's interpretation of the GPL, but it certainly violates the spirit.  
(But then, so does all proprietary software.)

 - That doesn't mean that IDA/SRC couldn't have hired or grown these kinds of
 - hackers over the years (I left long ago), but I would be rather surprised.

By the time they're that good, they seem to leave.  ;)  We'll see what
happens with UPC.

Jason