Re: Where did "middle end" come from

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From	Derek Jones <derek@knosof.co.uk>
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Chris,

> Derek Jones recollection of its usage at Intermetrics with a possible
> connection to the PQCC work done at CMU sounds quite plausible. Many

The CHILL compiler team was huge, by compiler standards.
We actually had front-end, middle-end, and back-end teams.
I have not since worked on a compiler project with this exact
explicit breakdown (which was probably driven by the division
of multi-company labor).

I know there were earlier compilers at Intermetrics that had a
middle-end concept.  Tony Flanders knows a lot of history and might
be able to say where the term originated:
http://www.whysheep.com/i2/daf-history2.html

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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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