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optimizing egcs for alpha
- To: egcs at egcs dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: optimizing egcs for alpha
- From: Jiann-Ming Su <js1 at microwave dot ph dot msstate dot edu>
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 16:16:31 -0600 (EST)
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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 13:35:49 -0800
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Subject: Re: Compaq sees Linux as selling Alpha chips
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> >>> Jiann-Ming Su said:
> >
> > If Compaq wants to make real noise with Linux, help optimize gcc/egcs for
> > the Alpha processor. And put the updates right back into gcc/egcs unlike
> > what Intel is doing with Cygnus and the PII/PIII optimizations.
>
Well, part of the problem is that both gcc and to some extent egcs are broken
from a plug ability perspective. The basic optimization model of gcc has
serious problems. What you are asking for is essentially for Compaq to
rewrite gcc from scratch and then release the source code, and while I think
it would be cool, it just isn't going to happen. If gcc/egcs had a more
modern design(like, shudder, MSVC) then it would be relatively easy to slot in
the GEM back end.
Aaron Spink
not speaking for Compaq
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