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Re: New back end ia16: 16-bit Intel x86

From: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner)
To: rask at sygehus dot dk
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, rridge at csclub dot uwaterloo dot ca
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:56:04 EDT
Subject: Re: New back end ia16: 16-bit Intel x86
References: <20070731174456.8199574286@caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <20070801003403.GW25795@sygehus.dk> <10708010956.AA11765@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> <20070801123320.GX25795@sygehus.dk> <10708011247.AA14514@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> <20070801134131.GY25795@sygehus.dk>

>    What I mean when I ask you to mention benefits of merging ia16 into i386
> is things like
> 
>  - will it make the compiler easier to maintain?

It's primarily a maintenance issue, but, of course, if something is easier
to maintain it usually ends up better on other metrics down the road.

References:
- Re: New back end ia16: 16-bit Intel x86
  - From: Rask Ingemann Lambertsen
- Re: New back end ia16: 16-bit Intel x86
  - From: Richard Kenner
- Re: New back end ia16: 16-bit Intel x86
  - From: Rask Ingemann Lambertsen
- Re: New back end ia16: 16-bit Intel x86
  - From: Richard Kenner
- Re: New back end ia16: 16-bit Intel x86
  - From: Rask Ingemann Lambertsen

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