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| From | "Quadibloc" <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> |
| Newsgroups | comp.compilers |
| Subject | Language standards vs. implementation, was Re: A right alternative to IEEE-754's format |
| Date | Tue, 10 Apr 2018 11:06:58 -0400 (EDT) |
| Organization | Compilers Central |
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[[ this string is copied from comp.arch because your moderation found it interesting ]] On Monday, April 9, 2018 at 10:45:15 AM UTC-6, Nick Maclaren wrote: > In article <pag2qg$lq4$1@gioia.aioe.org>, > Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> wrote: > >- Direct compiling to machine code and not using intermediate assembler > >to get away from the two copy problem with code generation ISA restrictions. > Well, er, yes, in theory. But suitable intermediate non-text languages > (assembler is, I agree, outdated) are a vast simplification of compilers > that are designed for multiple source languages and multiple target > machines. gcc is one such. Also, that's hardly a tactic that postdates Aho, Hopcroft, and Ullman. Fortran G may have compiled to a P-code like form, being written by an external company that made compilers to order for whatever architecture - but Fortran H went directly to 360 machine code. John Savard
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Language standards vs. implementation, was Re: A right alternative to IEEE-754's format "Quadibloc" <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-04-10 11:06 -0400
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