Re: New C parser [patch]

[Scott Robert Ladd <coyote at coyotegulch dot com>]

Ziemowit Laski wrote:
> While I don't buy these time estimates (not both simultaneously, 
> anyway), I do
> agree that you would take a performance hit, at least in the short-term,
> especially for plain C code.

I don't think this is a hit GCC's users can afford at this point. 
Another compile time regression may bring the hordes with pitchforks and 
torches... ;)

Also, C and C++ are heading down different and incompatible paths. It 
will be increasingly difficult to manage the subtle-but-important 
differences in a single front end if the two languages continue to diverge.

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