Re: Source code of CIL back-end

2006-07-04 Thread Erven ROHOU
Paolo Bonzini wrote: The SC discussed it with Richard Stallman, and he agrees that it is not "dangerous" (the FSF had raised objections to byte-code systems in the past, so many of us assumed there would be a problem). So there is no political/legal objection to including a CIL back end. If i

Re: Source code of CIL back-end

2006-06-29 Thread Daniel Berlin
Joe Buck wrote: > On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 09:06:28PM -0400, Daniel Berlin wrote: >> As Joe Buck, a Steering Committee member said, you need to talk to RMS >> directly and get him to accept the idea, before we can do anything about it. > > I already asked RMS directly, and he has approved. Again,

Re: Source code of CIL back-end

2006-06-28 Thread Joe Buck
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 11:49:45AM +0200, Roberto COSTA wrote: > > By the way, is there any news about the status of the CIL issue? > > I'm sorry to bother the list readers about this, but whom could I > > directly ask? I wrote: > Sorry for the delay in answering, Robert. I was out of town, and

Re: Source code of CIL back-end

2006-06-28 Thread Paolo Bonzini
The SC discussed it with Richard Stallman, and he agrees that it is not "dangerous" (the FSF had raised objections to byte-code systems in the past, so many of us assumed there would be a problem). So there is no political/legal objection to including a CIL back end. If it passes technical rev

Re: Source code of CIL back-end

2006-06-28 Thread Erven ROHOU
Joe Buck wrote: On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 11:49:45AM +0200, Roberto COSTA wrote: By the way, is there any news about the status of the CIL issue? I'm sorry to bother the list readers about this, but whom could I directly ask? Sorry for the delay in answering, Robert. I was out of town, and app

Re: Source code of CIL back-end

2006-06-26 Thread Joe Buck
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 09:06:28PM -0400, Daniel Berlin wrote: > As Joe Buck, a Steering Committee member said, you need to talk to RMS > directly and get him to accept the idea, before we can do anything about it. I already asked RMS directly, and he has approved. Again, sorry for the delay on g

Re: Source code of CIL back-end

2006-06-26 Thread Joe Buck
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 11:49:45AM +0200, Roberto COSTA wrote: > By the way, is there any news about the status of the CIL issue? > I'm sorry to bother the list readers about this, but whom could I > directly ask? Sorry for the delay in answering, Robert. I was out of town, and apparently people

Re: Source code of CIL back-end

2006-06-22 Thread Daniel Berlin
Roberto COSTA wrote: > Hello, > last week I announced that, within the R&D division of > STMicroelectronics I belong to, my team decided to work about a CIL > back-end for gcc (see http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-06/msg00420.html). > After receiving positive feedback and interest about such a back

Source code of CIL back-end

2006-06-22 Thread Roberto COSTA
Hello, last week I announced that, within the R&D division of STMicroelectronics I belong to, my team decided to work about a CIL back-end for gcc (see http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-06/msg00420.html). After receiving positive feedback and interest about such a back-end, I thought it's a good i