>>>>> "Joe" == Joe Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Joe> On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 09:20:21AM +0100, Emmanuel Fleury wrote:
>> Is there any progress in the gcc-plugin project ?

Joe> Non-technical holdups.  RMS is worried that this will make it too easy
Joe> to integrate proprietary code directly with GCC.

Joe> If proponents can come up with good arguments about how the plugin
Joe> project can be structured to avoid this risk, that would help.

First, aren't we already in this situation?  There are at least 2
compilers out there that re-use parts of GCC by serializing trees and
then reading them into a different back end.

Second, how does the LTO project avoid this same worry?

Tom

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