> As for "negating the efforts of those working on the middle ends and back > ends", would you complain if someone came up with a new register allocator > because it negates the efforts of those who work on the old one? If LLVM > is technically superior, then that's a fact and a good thing, not > subversion, and hopefully will encourage the gcc devs to either improve gcc > or migrate to LLVM.
Well, the last point is very likely precisely what Steven is talking about. GCC doesn't have to shoot itself in the foot by encouraging its developers to migrate to LLVM. -- Eric Botcazou
