Re: Why are GCC Internals not Specification Driven ?

2017-01-05 Thread Seima Rao
On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 1:48 AM, DJ Delorie wrote: > > Seima Rao writes: >> Has gcc become proprietory/commercial ? > > By definition: no, yes. It's been this way since the beginning, and > hasn't changed in decades. > >> Or has it become

Re: Why are GCC Internals not Specification Driven ?

2016-12-19 Thread Seima Rao
On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > On 19 December 2016 at 10:17, Seima Rao wrote: >> I was referring to one of three approaches: >> >> i) Write a Specification document and a matching testsuite >> >> ii) Document _all_ data and code toge

Re: Why are GCC Internals not Specification Driven ?

2016-12-19 Thread Seima Rao
On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 11:49 PM, NightStrike wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Andrew Haley wrote: >> On 18/12/16 02:33, Seima Rao wrote: >>> Precisely, stuffs like GENERIC, GIMPLE, RTL, gas(inline assembly), >>> GCC extensions internals, ... and gnu&

Why are GCC Internals not Specification Driven ?

2016-12-17 Thread Seima Rao
sell less ? Curious as an old gcc afficianado. :-| p.s. Higher then GENERIC also sounds desirable. Sincerely, Seima Rao.