Will tree-ssa be GCC 3.5?

[Scott Robert Ladd]

Richard Kenner wrote:
> No, that's wrong.  As Robert says, any funded project that depends on
> tree-ssa for its success... must also provide the funding to ensure
> that tree-ssa is completed to the extent needed for that project and
> on the schedule required for that project.

So let's say someone provides funding to develop *just* the gfortran 
portion of tree-ssa, including testing, documentation, and all the 
niceties. Certainly, other tree-ssa-based frontends will benefit, but 
since they are not funded, they are unlikely to receive the same testing 
and care as gfortran.

Would the FSF officially release tree-ssa if only the Fortran 95 
frontend worked well?

And would the FSF support forking the tree-ssa/gfortran project?

Personally, I think forking GCC is a Bad Idea.

Yet I also don't see why anyone would commit funds to gfortran if it 
will never be released because the Ada (or C++, or Java) frontend 
doesn't work. Nor would I be sanguine about funding all of GCC when my 
primary interest is Fortran 95.

And thus my original question: nder *current circumstances*, will 
tree-ssa become a released project, and if so, what is a good guess for 
its release?

So far, I have a good sense of when 3.4 will be released (May or so, 
2004). I have yet to get an answer for tree-ssa. The lack of such an 
answer is, in itself, and answer: tree-ssa (and thus gfortran) is too 
theoretical to be considered, and other alternatives must be explored.

If that is the situation, we move on, and wish you well.

-- 
Scott Robert Ladd
Coyote Gulch Productions (http://www.coyotegulch.com)
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