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Re: GCC Runtime Library Exception
- From: Sebastian Redl <sebastian dot redl at getdesigned dot at>
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:38:26 +0100
- Subject: Re: GCC Runtime Library Exception
- References: <m3iqnwwqrl.fsf@google.com>
Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> LLVM byte code is generated by LLVM, not gcc. The question here is
> whether it is desirable to permit using LLVM to generate LLVM byte
> code and to then use GCC to turn that byte code into machine code.
> (It will not be desirable to apply the exception if GCC is someday
> used to generate LLVM byte code, nor if LLVM is someday used as an
> optimization plugin to GCC). This question is hypothetical, as I
> don't know of any plans to create such a tool.
Isn't llvm-gcc such a tool? It generates LLVM byte code, and it is, I'm
pretty sure, a derivate of GCC.
Sebastian