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Re: SGI releases IA64 C C++ and F90 compiler under GPL

To: rms at gnu dot org
Subject: Re: SGI releases IA64 C C++ and F90 compiler under GPL
From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 19:26:44 -0700
Cc: toon at moene dot indiv dot nluug dot nl, g95-develop at lists dot sourceforge dot net, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Organization: CodeSourcery, LLC
References: <200005171627.KAA00299@wijiji.santafe.edu><3922E95D.E76CD54C@moene.indiv.nluug.nl><200005190202.UAA02043@wijiji.santafe.edu>

>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

    There are more people asking me to try to convince
    SGI to assign copyright to the FSF.

    Richard> I know very little about what SGI has released.  Does it
    Richard> have any connection with GCC, or is it a totally
    Richard> independent compiler?

I can speak relatively authoritatively about this, since I'm pretty
familiar with the technical details.

The compilers in question use the GCC C and C++ front-ends (i.e., the
bits that create trees, but not the bits that create RTL).  These
front-ends are linked with a previously proprietary SGI back-end,
modified as necessary for IA64.

--
Mark Mitchell                   mark@codesourcery.com
CodeSourcery, LLC               http://www.codesourcery.com

References:
- Re: SGI releases IA64 C C++ and F90 compiler under GPL
  - From: Richard Stallman
- Re: SGI releases IA64 C C++ and F90 compiler under GPL
  - From: Toon Moene
- Re: SGI releases IA64 C C++ and F90 compiler under GPL
  - From: Richard Stallman

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