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Old 14th April 2011
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Originally Posted by ocicat View Post
With as many processors that gcc supports, one would think that separating out the code generation code would be a given
GCC doesn't separate back and front ends by design!!! RMS was afraid that such a properly designed compiler would be more interested for industry to "steal" . You can find about some of similar "bright" ideas and the reasons for their implementation from various e-mail list all over the Internet.
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