The Fastest Route to C99?

[Scott Robert Ladd]

Hi,

I'm a number-cruncher by trade, and the C99 floating-point extensions appeal
to me. Given my interest in seeing gcc become fully C99-compliant, I want to
contribute.

The question is: Contribute WHERE?

Not being a compiler-writing guru, I want to be very cautious about mucking
with code generation. Is anyone specific coordinating C99 compliance?

And while C++ library support resides in the gcc project (i.e., libstdc++ is
distributed with gcc), C support is in glibc (which is distributed separate
from the compiler). Many unfinished aspects of C99 lie in the realm of
glibc, a project that appears a tad cloistered, likely due to the central
nature of glibc (i.e., upgrading it tends to break existing systems).

I'm somewhat at a loss as to how to proceed. For example, I have expertise
in complex numerics and IEEE 754 math. I'd like some pointers as to where I
might best expend my efforts.

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Scott Robert Ladd
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