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From: mike@acc.stolaf.edu
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Subject: Re: Why RTL for GCC ?
Keywords: GCC, question
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Date: 14 Nov 90 02:30:31 GMT
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The RTL representation allows actual target machine instructions to
be directly represented.  Other compilers that use quads typically
produce target instructions in a final (or nearly final) instruction
selection pass, after which little further manipulation is possible.
--
Mike Haertel <mike@acc.stolaf.edu>
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