GCC Runtime Library Exception

[Sebastian Redl]

Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>   LLVM byte code is generated by LLVM, not gcc.  The question here is
>   whether it is desirable to permit using LLVM to generate LLVM byte
>   code and to then use GCC to turn that byte code into machine code.
>   (It will not be desirable to apply the exception if GCC is someday
>   used to generate LLVM byte code, nor if LLVM is someday used as an
>   optimization plugin to GCC).  This question is hypothetical, as I
>   don't know of any plans to create such a tool.
Isn't llvm-gcc such a tool? It generates LLVM byte code, and it is, I'm
pretty sure, a derivate of GCC.

Sebastian