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Re: [Fwd: GCC2C compiler/converter]
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
- To: Tim Josling <tej at melbpc dot org dot au>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org,alexey dot starovoytov at sun dot com
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 21:54:20 -0400
- Subject: Re: [Fwd: GCC2C compiler/converter]
- References: <3D347B8D.EFDD4FFF@melbpc.org.au> <87vg7f5gjx.fsf@deneb.enyo.de>
On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 02:44:34AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> Tim Josling <tej@melbpc.org.au> writes:
>
> >> GCC2C free compiler/converter:
> >> http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=8&PartDetailId=GCC2C-1.0-MP-G-F&TransactionId=Try
>
> I assume this software is released under the GPL. Are the sources
> available somehwere without requiring registration?
>
> I'd like to get an idea of how much work is required to implement a C
> backend.
I assume it's the same one Alexey posted to this list in April,
roughly. It was shot down by the usual response to generating C code -
because people did not want the FSF to appear to endorse the technique
that Sun is using here, compiling code with GCC and again with Forte.
I personally think that argument holds no water now that someone is
(quite legally) distributing the patched version.
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Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer