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From: lnz@LUCID.COM (Leonard N. Zubkoff)
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Subject: Re: GCC 1.37 for the Apollo
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Date: 22 Feb 90 07:49:24 GMT
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Until gcc includes an instruction scheduling phase, there is little likelihood
that it can generate code anywhere near as good as the Apollo C compiler for
the PRISM.  Even with an instruction scheduler, it's quite likely the Apollo
compiler would produce better code than gcc.  With John Vasta's modifications
to the 68K version, it would only be the architecture-dependent portion of
gcc that would need to be ported, so someone could do this based on the
documentation in the PRISM Architecture and Assembler manuals.

		Leonard