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Re: Time for GCC 5.0? (TIC)
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- To: Steven Bosscher <stevenb dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- Cc: GCC Mailing List <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at gmail dot com>, Vladimir Makarov <vmakarov at redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 16:17:00 -0800
- Subject: Re: Time for GCC 5.0? (TIC)
- References: <CABu31nPnuk57bnuVswvtUA667iHZqs7i1s_fFo0yZfRMUX+HDA@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Steven Bosscher <stevenb.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:34:15 +0000, Dave Korn wrote:
>>
>> Say, why don't we reserve GCC 5.0 for the first version that gets rid of
>> reload? Then let's see if we can get there while the X in 4.X is still in
>> single digits!
>
> (see http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2010-03/msg01103.html)
>
> I suppose LRA counts, even if it doesn't get rid of reload completely just yet.
>
> Bump the number! :-)
Also the fact that GCC is now written in C++ seems to me to be
deserving of a bump to 5.0.
So now we have two reasons!
Ian