Language standards vs. implementation, was Re: A right alternative to IEEE-754's format

"Nick Maclaren" <nmm@wheeler.UUCP>
9 Apr 2018 15:05:40 -0000

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Date: 9 Apr 2018 15:05:40 -0000
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In article <d315af03-75ee-4b7f-827d-4d8d3a7ae2c1@googlegroups.com>,
MitchAlsup <MitchAlsup@netscape.net> wrote:
>On Monday, April 9, 2018 at 6:30:35 AM UTC-5, Walter Banks wrote:
>>
>> GCC tools are for the most part using old compiler technology. Some of
>> is decades old.
>
>But has there been any real advances since Oho and Ullman came out?


Yes. But that doesn't mean that it has superseded all of the older
approaches. Unless there is a problem with the technologies, there
is no reason to condemn their use.




Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


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