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: "Walter Banks" Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Language standards vs. implementation, was Re: A right alternative to IEEE-754's format Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 11:05:49 -0400 (EDT) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 24 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <18-04-011@comp.compilers> References: <0d4dc7f8-1819-43e5-8082-6ff7aee5f41b@googlegroups.com> <2018Mar31.160556@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> <2018Mar31.195714@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> <2018Apr1.144759@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> <229d6323-b9fa-4845-8039-03799d76c847@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="50726"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: standards Posted-Date: 10 Apr 2018 11:05:49 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:2039 [[ this string is copied from comp.arch because your moderation found it interesting ]] On 2018-04-09 7:48 AM, David Brown wrote: > On 09/04/18 13:30, Walter Banks wrote: >> >> GCC tools are for the most part using old compiler technology. >> Some of is decades old. > > You are fond of saying that, but I don't remember hearing any > details or examples. > - Strategy passes to determine how an applications should be compiled this time. - Direct compiling to machine code and not using intermediate assembler to get away from the two copy problem with code generation ISA restrictions. - Whole application building. Why is linking still being done when its purpose was to get around computer limitations? w..