I think you may misunderstand the mission statement. The mission
statement is not a technical roadmap. It's a statement of general
goals. If the community has a serious disagreement, the mission
statement can sometimes help clarify matters.
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The problem as I see it is that different gcc developers have
different goals. And it is a natural tendency for developers to care
more about their specific goals than any developer cares about the
general goals. The effect is that specific goals get implemented at
the expense of general goals.