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From: Richard Henderson <rth@cygnus.com>
To: Robert Dewar <dewar@gnat.com>
Cc: kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu, gcc@gcc.gnu.org, law@redhat.com, rms@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why not gnat Ada in gcc?
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 00:48:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001102004838.A1257@cygnus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20001102025351.6992434DAF@nile.gnat.com>

On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 09:53:51PM -0500, Robert Dewar wrote:
> Actually from past experiences recently, e.g. with the ia64 port, I have
> been struck by how closed the development was.

I suppose I can see how anyone without Intel NDAs might think that.

The fact of the matter is that the development was very open, at
least to anyone who had proper Intel paperwork.  HP did the initial
gcc and binutils work; Cygnus refined both and began optimization
work; folks from CERN, Intel, IBM, SGI, SuSE, TurboLinux, and VA
were testing new code regularly.

Things were done with as much community involvement as the lawyers
would allow.



r~

  parent reply	other threads:[~2000-11-02  0:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 156+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-11-01 18:53 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 19:16 ` Daniel Berlin
2000-11-01 19:20 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-02  1:07   ` Geoff Keating
2000-11-01 19:38 ` Stan Shebs
2000-11-01 20:03   ` Daniel Berlin
     [not found] ` <mailpost.973133936.11624@postal.sibyte.com>
     [not found]   ` <5tzojjysyg.fsf@highland.sibyte.com>
     [not found]     ` <mailpost.973134665.11835@postal.sibyte.com>
2000-11-01 19:46       ` Chris G. Demetriou
2000-11-02  0:48 ` Richard Henderson [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2000-11-05  8:24 Robert Dewar
2000-11-05  8:32 ` Arnaud Charlet
2000-11-05  8:53 ` Laurent Guerby
2000-11-05  9:24   ` Laurent Guerby
2000-11-12  1:01 ` Richard Stallman
2000-11-12  4:59   ` Alexandre Oliva
2000-11-13 23:21     ` Richard Stallman
2000-11-04  9:04 Robert Dewar
2000-11-04 12:05 ` Arnaud Charlet
2000-11-03 20:46 Robert Dewar
2000-11-05  7:49 ` Richard Stallman
2000-11-02 18:32 Robert Dewar
2000-11-02 18:21 Robert Dewar
2000-11-02 13:22 Richard Kenner
2000-11-02 13:02 Richard Kenner
2000-11-02 13:18 ` John P. Pietrzak
2000-11-02  8:19 Robert Dewar
2000-11-02  8:08 Richard Kenner
2000-11-02  7:47 Robert Dewar
2000-11-02  7:40 Robert Dewar
2000-11-02  8:28 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-02  7:37 Robert Dewar
2000-11-02  7:42 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-02  7:31 Richard Kenner
2000-11-02  5:15 Richard Kenner
2000-11-02  7:58 ` John P. Pietrzak
2000-11-02  5:13 Robert Dewar
2000-11-02  7:25 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-02  4:56 Richard Kenner
2000-11-02  4:52 Richard Kenner
2000-11-02  7:28 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-02  4:41 Robert Dewar
2000-11-02  4:40 Robert Dewar
2000-11-02 10:46 ` Richard Henderson
2000-11-02  4:36 Robert Dewar
2000-11-02  4:35 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 22:24 Mike Stump
2000-11-01 22:16 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 21:38 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 21:36 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 21:29 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 21:28 Mike Stump
2000-11-01 21:12 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 21:10 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 21:01 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 20:48 Mike Stump
2000-11-01 20:39 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 21:08 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-01 20:35 Mike Stump
2000-11-01 21:03 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-01 20:34 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 20:32 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 20:59 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-01 20:28 Robert Dewar
2000-11-02  1:09 ` Richard Henderson
2000-11-01 20:27 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 20:26 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 20:17 Mike Stump
2000-11-01 20:10 Mike Stump
2000-11-01 20:05 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 20:19 ` Daniel Berlin
2000-11-01 20:02 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 20:01 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 20:13 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-01 20:00 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 19:58 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 21:17 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-02  1:17 ` Geoff Keating
2000-11-01 19:54 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 21:44 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-01 19:47 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 20:13 ` Stan Shebs
2000-11-01 19:43 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 20:38 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-01 19:42 Mike Stump
2000-11-01 19:31 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 19:40 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-01 19:53 ` Stan Shebs
2000-11-01 21:30 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-01 19:23 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 19:20 Robert Dewar
2000-11-02  0:20 ` Gerald Pfeifer
2000-11-01 19:18 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 19:08 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 18:58 Robert Dewar
2000-11-01 19:06 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-03 11:50   ` Toon Moene
2000-11-02 14:09 ` Laurent Guerby
2000-11-03 13:40   ` Richard Stallman
2000-11-01 18:51 Richard Kenner
2000-11-01 18:26 Richard Kenner
2000-11-01 18:49 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-01 18:23 Richard Kenner
2000-11-01 18:47 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-01 18:11 Richard Kenner
2000-11-01 18:09 Richard Kenner
2000-11-01 18:22 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-01 17:58 Richard Kenner
2000-11-01 18:07 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-01 17:39 Richard Kenner
2000-11-01 17:51 ` Richard Henderson
2000-11-01 18:09 ` David Starner
2000-11-01 18:21   ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-02 15:03     ` Richard Stallman
2000-11-03  8:41       ` Florian Weimer
2000-11-04  8:53         ` Richard Stallman
2000-10-14 11:40 Robert Dewar
2000-10-14 11:36 Robert Dewar
2000-10-14 11:35 Robert Dewar
2000-10-14 14:03 ` Corey Minyard
2000-10-13 15:12 Richard Kenner
2000-10-14  3:17 ` Laurent Guerby
2000-11-01 15:54   ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-10-13  9:17 Robert Dewar
2000-10-12 23:52 Mike Stump
2000-10-13  6:03 ` David O'Brien
2000-10-12 20:09 Richard Kenner
2000-10-12 19:59 Robert Dewar
2000-10-12  4:25 Richard Kenner
2000-10-13 14:50 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-10-12  4:21 Richard Kenner
2000-10-13 15:04 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-10-12  4:16 Robert Dewar
2000-10-11 17:04 Richard Kenner
2000-10-12  0:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-10-12 13:47   ` Laurent Guerby
2000-10-12 19:54 ` Corey Minyard
2000-10-01  8:35 Robert Dewar
2000-10-10 20:04 ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-10-11 12:37   ` Laurent Guerby
2000-10-12  0:15     ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-10-12 15:40       ` Richard Stallman
2000-10-13  8:46         ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-10-14 11:27     ` Hartmut Schirmer
2000-10-14 12:21       ` Laurent Guerby
2000-09-25 17:28 Robert Dewar
2000-09-26 12:56 ` Laurent Guerby
2000-09-18 13:12 Richard Kenner
2000-09-18 15:38 ` Stan Shebs
2000-09-18 23:02   ` jfm2
2000-09-18  9:49 Richard Kenner
2000-09-18 13:25 ` Geoff Keating
2000-09-18  9:45 William Gacquer
2000-09-18  9:52 ` Alexandre Oliva
2000-09-18  9:32 Richard Kenner
2000-09-18  8:23 Gene Montgomery
2000-09-18  9:13 ` Alexandre Oliva
2000-09-18 13:07 ` reedkotler

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