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Re: Will tree-ssa be GCC 3.5?
Scott Robert Ladd wrote:
(account of current situation re Fortran 95)
Thanks for the helpful information
Is tree-ssa going to become mainline, and if so, when under the current
circumstances? In other words, is it worth expending tax dollars on the
GCC project, or should the National labs support or produce another
project?
I still think that's the wrong question. The issue is not "when under
the current circumstances" will tree-ssa go mainline, but rather when it
will go mainline if the National labs supports the product.
By way of comparison, Ada Core Technologies has recently made a
preliminary proposal for compiler work that may indeed require tree-ssa
capabilities. If this goes ahead, then one of the things we have to do
is to take responsibility for making sure this happens.
In the case of tree-ssa, there are indeed a number of commercial
interests that converge to make it desirable for this facility to be
mainlined, but it is funded projects that help define and guarantee a
schedule for any such development.
If there is a big infusion of resources into the G95 project, then it
will completely change the picture. It is this changed picture that the
National Labs should evaluate, not the current situation.