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Re: [Gomp-discuss] Re: Implementing OpenMP pragmas for the Cfrontend
- From: Steven Bosscher <s dot bosscher at student dot tudelft dot nl>
- To: per at bothner dot com
- Cc: OpenMP for GCC project <gomp-discuss at nongnu dot org>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 10 Feb 2003 08:37:33 +0100
- Subject: Re: [Gomp-discuss] Re: Implementing OpenMP pragmas for the Cfrontend
Per Bothner wrote:
> David Edelsohn wrote:
> > Unfortunately, this is a public standard.
>
> There are all kinds of "public" standards.
Some public standards are supported by the major compiler vendors, some
are not. OpenMP is one of those standards that *is* supported, probably
because it was designed by the compiler vendors (OpenMP Review Board
members: HP, Fujitsu, IBM, Intel, KAI, SGI, Sun, US Gov.(DEO))
> > Somehow we need to be compatible.
>
> "We" only need to be compatible if we make
> a comittment to implementing OpenMP. I don't
> think we should make any comittment to accepting
> an OpenMP implementation in the offical CVS tree.
Why not? What is wrong with accepting a much-requested feature, that is
implemented by most other serious compilers? Any technical objections
apart from the #pragma/_Pragma() thing?
Greetz
Steven