Path: csiph.com!3.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: "Nick Maclaren" Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Language standards vs. implementation, was Re: A right alternative to IEEE-754's format Date: 9 Apr 2018 15:05:40 -0000 Organization: Old Fogies Society Lines: 19 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <18-04-009@comp.compilers> References: <0d4dc7f8-1819-43e5-8082-6ff7aee5f41b@googlegroups.com> Reply-To: nmm1@cam.ac.uk Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="50470"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: standards Posted-Date: 10 Apr 2018 11:05:34 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Originator: nmm@wheeler.UUCP (Nick Maclaren) Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:2038 [[ this string is copied from comp.arch because your moderation found it interesting ]] In article , MitchAlsup wrote: >On Monday, April 9, 2018 at 6:30:35 AM UTC-5, Walter Banks wrote: >> >> GCC tools are for the most part using old compiler technology. Some of >> is decades old. > >But has there been any real advances since Oho and Ullman came out? Yes. But that doesn't mean that it has superseded all of the older approaches. Unless there is a problem with the technologies, there is no reason to condemn their use. Regards, Nick Maclaren.