From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Michael Matz <matzmich@cs.tu-berlin.de>
To: Bernd Schmidt <bernds@redhat.com>
Cc: Robert Dewar <dewar@gnat.com>, freitag@alancoxonachip.com, gcc@gcc.gnu.org, law@redhat.com
Subject: Re: forcing tail/sibling call optimization
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:09:00 -0000
Message-id: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0011271849500.20968-100000@platon>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011271714060.17630-100000@host117.cygnus>
X-SW-Source: 2000-11/msg01190.html

Hi,

On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Bernd Schmidt wrote:
> > 
> > That is certainly true in C, but it makes C useless as a target for the
> > kind of translation being considered here, where the "optimization" is
> > a fundamental requirement. The discussion on the above subject line,
> > is all about creating a variant language that WOULD have the required
> > semantic characteristics.
> 
> My point is that gcc may not be the best starting point for implementing
> such a variant language.

But still one of the best starting points there is (not that there are
many of them besides those labeled "Starting from scratch: how to
write an optimizing compiler") ;-)


Ciao,
Michael.