--- /pcc_history.mdwn 2007/09/27 18:45:02 1.1 +++ /pcc_history.mdwn 2007/09/27 18:45:41 1.2 @@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ The compiler is based on the original Portable C Compiler by S. C. Johnson, written in the late 70's. Even though much of the compiler has been rewritten, some of the basics still remain. -The compiler is conceptually structured in two parts; pass1 which is language-dependent, does parsing, typechecking and build trees, and pass2 which is mostly language-independent. - About 50% of the frontend code and 80% of the backend code has been rewritten. Most stuff is written by Anders Magnusson, with the exception of the data-flow analysis part and the SSA conversion code which is written by Peter A Jonsson, and the Mips port that were written as part of a project by undergraduate students at LTU. It was publicly announced to the NetBSD community on September 14, 2007. Shortly later it was
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