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From: danner@cs.cmu.edu (Daniel Stodolsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Compiler questions for 800 series (hp-ux)
Message-ID: <YYBI3Ry00hMN4GUkt3@cs.cmu.edu>
Date: 1 Apr 89 21:36:29 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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A couple of compiler questions:

1) Is  anyone working on a gcc port to the 800's? It looks painful.

2) Is hp planning a release of ANSI compliant C complier?

3) One nice additional optimization for the current C compiler would be to
automatically  enregister variables.  Automatic local variables whose addresses
are not taken could certainly be enregistered.  Does anyone have plans to do
this? This is fairly straightforward, and I would be more than willing to do it
if someone would send me compiler source.

Daniel Stodolsky
Engr. Design Research Center, CMU.
danner@edrc.cmu.edu