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Re: GCC Needs a backend cleanup and complete rewrite

To: James Buchanan <jamesb at northnet dot com dot au>
Subject: Re: GCC Needs a backend cleanup and complete rewrite
From: "Zack Weinberg" <zackw at stanford dot edu>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 23:38:59 -0800
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10102212102140.1407-100000@penguin.transmeta.com> <00a101c09d3b$6e8c65a0$c1a5fea9@spunky>

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On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 05:53:33PM -0800, James Buchanan wrote:
> Hey guys,
> 
> Nice little bombshell for ya. GCC is a bloody mess. Just where is one
> supposed to start in building a new front end is a pressing one, since even
> the scant documentation available doesn't really shed much light on the
> issue. I'm not directing my woes to anyone at all, in fact it shows great
> programming skill that the GCC and friends folks can do anything with GCC in
> its current state.

Yep, it's a mess.  There are things that could be done short of
rewriting the entire compiler, though.  Many of them are listed at
http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/beginner.html.  Care to take a stab at
one or two?

zw

References:
- Re: Shared library annoyance with gcc-3_0-branch
  - From: Linus Torvalds
- GCC Needs a backend cleanup and complete rewrite
  - From: James Buchanan

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