GCC Needs a backend cleanup and complete rewrite

[Neil Booth]

James Buchanan wrote:-

> Nice little bombshell for ya. GCC is a bloody mess. Just where is one
> supposed to start in building a new front end is a pressing one, since even
> the scant documentation available doesn't really shed much light on the
> issue. I'm not directing my woes to anyone at all, in fact it shows great
> programming skill that the GCC and friends folks can do anything with GCC in
> its current state.

We're well aware that a lot of GCC is ugly, and are doing our best to clean
it up.  Any help in this direction is greatly appreciated, from general docs
to internals docs to a cleaner separation between the various passes of GCC.

Neil.