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Re: "Documentation by paper"
- From: Steven Bosscher <s dot bosscher at student dot tudelft dot nl>
- To: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner),paolo dot bonzini at polimi dot it
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 17:00:56 +0100
- Subject: Re: "Documentation by paper"
- References: <10402031550.AA21796@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
On Tuesday 03 February 2004 16:50, Richard Kenner wrote:
> Which you have never read (at least a modern one), if you do not know
> what a dominator is. My first compiler course, which used only part
> of Appel's "Modern compiler implementation" (which is nowhere near in
> depth with respect to Muchnick or Morgan) did teach dominators.
>
> Correct. My last compiler course was well over a decade ago.
>
> I'd love gcc to become a free compiler text, but it is not its purpose.
>
> Of course not, but it's always useful to define each term used at least
> to some extent. GCC has always been pretty self-contained and I see no
> reason to change that policy at this point.
You can leave out an explanation of what a dominator is and still
be self-contained. What's next, do we have to explain what a finite
automaton is in the sources of GCC?
Gr.
Steven