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Re: LLVM as a gcc plugin?
- From: Steven Bosscher <stevenb dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- To: Rafael Espindola <espindola at google dot com>
- Cc: Joe Buck <Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot com>, Chris Lattner <clattner at apple dot com>, Andrew Nisbet <A dot Nisbet at mmu dot ac dot uk>, "grigori dot fursin at inria dot fr" <grigori dot fursin at inria dot fr>, "baldrick at free dot fr" <baldrick at free dot fr>, "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, "ubizjak at gmail dot com" <ubizjak at gmail dot com>, "zbigniew dot chamski at gmail dot com" <zbigniew dot chamski at gmail dot com>, "ZAKS at il dot ibm dot com" <ZAKS at il dot ibm dot com>, "Albert dot Cohen at inria dot fr" <Albert dot Cohen at inria dot fr>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 12:41:39 +0200
- Subject: Re: LLVM as a gcc plugin?
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On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:10 AM, Rafael Espindola<espindola@google.com> wrote:
>> GMP and MPFR are required components of GCC, and every developer has to
>> deal with them. ?For interfacing between GCC and LLVM, the experts who'll
>> be able to answer the questions are generally going to be found on the
>> LLVM lists, not the gcc list, and those (like you) who participate on
>> both lists, well, you're on both lists.
>
> That is not the case here. There is already a version of gcc that uses
> llvm.
I'd turn that around: There is already a version of LLVM that uses
GCC. I don't see any way in which the FSF GCC benefits from this. And
since this list concerns the FSF GCC...
Ciao!
Steven