Re: [patch] Fix behavior of TER on unrolled loops

[Bernd Schmidt]

David Edelsohn wrote:

>         My broader point is that clashing over each and every optimization
> pass is not productive.  Most of the developers working on GCC are
> following a strategy of light-weight, focussed optimization passes and a
> middle-end mostly free of target dependencies.  This is based on
> experience from other successful compilers -- not an argument based on
> authority, but a citation that compiler research projects and compiler
> development teams have experimented and converged on this method as the
> most effective.

Just out of curiousity, do these other compilers support as many 
different targets as GCC does?


Bernd