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Re: Converting the gcc backend to a library?
- To: gcc at egcs dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Converting the gcc backend to a library?
- From: fche at cygnus dot com (Frank Ch. Eigler)
- Date: 12 Jan 2000 14:41:13 -0500
- Newsgroups: cygnus.egcs
- Organization: Cygnus Solutions
- References: <10001101132.AA13438@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
Richard Kenner writes:
> [...] So it would seem the only issue is whether the bulk of GCC
> could be linked as a shared library. But that seems marginal on
> both sides: most machines are single-user nowadays and memory is
> cheap, so the benefit of having it as a shared library is trivial
> [...]
There is another possible benefit that may not be so small. Consider
a multiple-targeted gcc installation where several target back-ends
exist, each in a separate shared library. It would be one step toward
eliminating the need for compiling separate copies of the toolchain
for separate targets.
- FChE