Re: Does this model work ?

[Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com>]

In article <m3wvy9axxi.fsf@fred.muc.de>,
  Andi Kleen <ak-uu@muc.de> wrote:
> Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com> writes:

> Although many would argue that GCC is more writen in some kind
> of Lisp in C, than C @)

I never heard anyone make such a peculiar claim!
>
> For example the representation of RTL, the internal code
> representation,  seems to near completely ignore even the weak
> static typing C mandates (this
> is shown by the thousands of warnings during a gcc bootstrap).

This is a significant misunderstanding

> Given that it is surprising that gcc is as portable as it is.

If it surprises you, perhaps there is something you are missing!

> I would definitely not see it as an example of a typical C
> program! All of it is very un-C-ish.

A most peculiar claim. I suppose anyone can set up their own
standards for what they consider C-ish, but to my mind the
code in GCC seems to be quite conventional traditional C to
me, and I have never heard anyone claim otherwise.


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