From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Per Bothner <per@bothner.com>
To: Ira Ruben <ira@apple.com>
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Target-specific Front-Ends? (Was: front end changes for altivec)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:20:00 -0000
Message-ID: <3C03CB74.4090602@bothner.com>
References: <339DE634-E2DE-11D5-A770-0030658361CA@apple.com> <3C033117.F8EDD78A@apple.com> <p05100301b828ec743cb7@[198.144.204.36]>
X-SW-Source: 2001-11/msg01354.html
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Ira Ruben wrote:

>I think there would be a lot of resistance to go back and change existing code.
>
Not as great as the resistance to adding target-specific kludges
to the gcc front-end.

    --Per Bothner