Re: Where did "middle end" come from

From	Derek Jones <derek@NOSPAM-knosof.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.compilers
Subject	Re: Where did "middle end" come from
Date	2022-01-02 13:19 +0000
Organization	Compilers Central
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Chris,

> While I am certain we were not the first to use the term, I'm pretty
> certain that we were using "middle end" to describe parts of the TSI
> compilers (the same PL/I compiler DEC bought and a series of other
> ones written by various companies (including in house) that used many
> of the same components that were neither completely language nor
> completely target specific. This would have been around 1985 or so.

The term middle-end was being used at Intermetrics when I was there
in 1981.

The people there were strongly influenced by the PQCC work, but the
project I worked on had just three stages, not the umpteen stages used
by PQCC.  Perhaps it came from a project that an Intermetrics person
worked on.

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Where did "middle end" come from Christopher F Clark <christopher.f.clark@compiler-resources.com> - 2022-01-02 01:20 +0200
  Re: Where did "middle end" come from Derek Jones <derek@NOSPAM-knosof.co.uk> - 2022-01-02 13:19 +0000
    RE: Where did "middle end" come from Christopher F Clark <christopher.f.clark@compiler-resources.com> - 2022-01-03 15:51 +0200
      Re: Where did "middle end" come from Derek Jones <derek@knosof.co.uk> - 2022-01-03 20:07 +0000

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