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Re: [RFC] Contributing tree-ssa to mainline
- From: Steven Bosscher <s dot bosscher at student dot tudelft dot nl>
- To: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner),ghazi at caip dot rutgers dot edu
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 04:10:16 +0100
- Subject: Re: [RFC] Contributing tree-ssa to mainline
- References: <10401170254.AA15594@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
On Saturday 17 January 2004 03:54, Richard Kenner wrote:
> Feel free to disagree with me. But remember, they (tree-ssa
> advocates) promised a lot. If it turns out to be just a different
> infrastructure, as opposed to a better one, I wouldn't feel the same.
>
> Again, agreed. Major changes require major benefits: if all we end up
> doing is seeing a few percentage points either way, the tree-ssa project
> will have been a failure.
I think a few percentage, or even nothing at all, is significant
because of the new infrastructure that's added, and the possibilities
that it opens up. That should also be taken into consideration.
Gr.
Steven