It just occurred to me that my use of the term "backend" may be unclear. By backend, I mean the processing that occurs after scanning and parsing, typically optimization and code generation. To me, gas is an assembler. It comes after the compiler backend.
George George Vasick wrote: > Bart Smaalders wrote: >> George Vasick wrote: >>>> Bart Smaalders <bart.smaalders at Sun.COM> writes: >>>>> The question is one of compatibility to me... the provenance of the >>>>> backend seems irrelevant, but its interface is not. >>> Compatibility is extremely important. This will be our 6th release >>> of gcc for Sparc with the Sun backend as the default. Many >>> applications have been ported to Sparc using these compilers and have >>> achieved high performance. >>> >>> We understand fears regarding regarding compatibility. We take >>> compatibility very seriously, and so far, these fears have not >>> materialized. We will aggressively address any compatibility issues >>> that may arise in the future. >>> >> >> Very good.... >> >> What does the different in the output of -v --help look like for >> the backend (gas)? > > gas is part of the SUNWbinutils package and is separate from the GCC > packages. It is not affected at all by this case. > > Let me know if I misunderstood your question. > > > Thanks, > George > >> >> =- Bart >> >> >
