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Language standards vs. implementation, was Re: A right alternative to IEEE-754's format

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  Language standards vs. implementation, was Re: A right alternative to IEEE-754's format "Nick Maclaren" <nmm@wheeler.UUCP> - 2018-04-09 15:05 +0000

#2038 — Language standards vs. implementation, was Re: A right alternative to IEEE-754's format

From"Nick Maclaren" <nmm@wheeler.UUCP>
Date2018-04-09 15:05 +0000
SubjectLanguage standards vs. implementation, was Re: A right alternative to IEEE-754's format
Message-ID<18-04-009@comp.compilers>
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In article <d315af03-75ee-4b7f-827d-4d8d3a7ae2c1@googlegroups.com>,
MitchAlsup  <MitchAlsup@netscape.net> wrote:
>On Monday, April 9, 2018 at 6:30:35 AM UTC-5, Walter Banks wrote:
>>
>> GCC tools are for the most part using old compiler technology. Some of
>> is decades old.
>
>But has there been any real advances since Oho and Ullman came out?

Yes.  But that doesn't mean that it has superseded all of the older
approaches.  Unless there is a problem with the technologies, there
is no reason to condemn their use.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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