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Re: Will tree-ssa be GCC 3.5?
- From: prj at po dot cwru dot edu (Paul Jarc)
- To: Scott Robert Ladd <coyote at coyotegulch dot com>
- Cc: Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>, s dot bosscher at student dot tudelft dot nl,gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 14:21:46 -0500
- Subject: Re: Will tree-ssa be GCC 3.5?
- Organization: What did you have in mind? A short, blunt, human pyramid?
- References: <10312011528.AA26427@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu><3FCB632D.2090800@coyotegulch.com>
Scott Robert Ladd <coyote@coyotegulch.com> wrote:
> So let's say someone provides funding to develop *just* the gfortran
> portion of tree-ssa, including testing, documentation, and all the
> niceties. Certainly, other tree-ssa-based frontends will benefit, but
> since they are not funded, they are unlikely to receive the same
> testing and care as gfortran.
>
> Would the FSF officially release tree-ssa if only the Fortran 95
> frontend worked well?
As long as Fortran 95 works well, why should the funding party care
how long it takes for the rest of gcc to reach release quality? Just
use the CVS snapshot you did all your testing on. The FSF's release
schedule need not be of any concern, AFAICS.
paul