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- From: rob@pact.nl (Rob Kurver)
- Subject: Re: GNU cc port to tranputer
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 12:00:46 GMT
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- In <Bxz6ps.37y@da_vinci.it.uswc.uswest.com> scollins@lookout.it.uswc.uswest.com (Steven Collins) writes:
-
- >Is anyone working on porting the GNU cc compiler
- >to the transputer?
-
- This has been talked about since 1985 or so. I've never seen any
- results, nor heard specific reasons why it wasn't done or didn't
- succeed.
-
- >I have looked into porting it but GNU's cc
- >compiler expects a multi-register CPU and since
- >the transputer is stack based, there
- >could be some sticky problems to overcome.
-
- >Even if a port is done, performance of the
- >output code may suffer since it will be hard to
- >use the same optimization routines.
-
- From what I know of GCC (a bit) and of transputer code generation (a lot),
- I'd say they don't match very well. I'd be very interested in seeing
- anybody map the GNU RTL onto the transputer stack. Very interested...
-
- >I'm still investigating the effort involved.
-
- >Any comments?
-
- Please post a summary of your findings. I'd like to know if anybody
- every actually attempt a port, and how things worked out for them.
-
- >|| Steve Collins || INTERNET: scollins@uswest.com ||
-
- Cheers. - Rob
-
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