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| From | Derek Jones <derek@NOSPAM-knosof.co.uk> |
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| Subject | Re: Where did "middle end" come from |
| Date | Sun, 2 Jan 2022 13:19:53 +0000 |
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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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