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Re: Progress on GCC plugins ?

> And then, once the underlying problem is addressed and we have an API
> that is usable by regular users, maybe we will find out that we don't
> need plugins, after all.  That, as Diego and Ian say, adding plugin
> support is trivial, but I'm pretty sure that's not where the actual
> problem lies.

That's my position as well.  AND that plugin (here meaning dynamic
link) support creates tricky legal issues that the RMS has not been
willing to deal with in the past.
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