GCC 5.0 Compiler Might Be On The Way

[phoronix]

Phoronix: GCC 5.0 Compiler Might Be On The Way

GCC developers have brought up the topic of tagging a GCC 5.0 release soon based upon recent changes...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTIyMjA

[Brane215]

Instead of making real progress they seem to be drooling over stupid version number.

Who cares about LRA, NBA, C++ internals etc ?

I want PERFORMANCE ( of the compiler as wall as compiled code) and good, defined user interface.

I couldn't care less if it is written in brainfuck and uses random code generation.

[Delgarde]

Instead of making real progress they seem to be drooling over stupid version number.

Or, you know - they spend hours each day working on the compiler, and take a break for five minutes to argue on the mailing list.

[Brane215]

Or, you know - they spend hours each day working on the compiler, and take a break for five minutes to argue on the mailing list.

Well then, that puts whole thing in entirely different perspective. Why don't they go for 6.0 to make bigger impact then ?

[mark45]

Well then, that puts whole thing in entirely different perspective. Why don't they go for 6.0 to make bigger impact then ?

They could also hire a troll, are you employed?

[Brane215]

They could also hire a troll, are you employed?

No, but I just couldn't survive that competition...

[mark45]

No, but I just couldn't survive that competition...

Don't be shy, you're doing a good work here.

[orzel]

What is "reload" ?

[Brane215]

What is "reload" ?

My point EXACTLY. WTF really cares outside developer circle ?

[Xake]

What is "reload" ?

What is reload?

Reload is the GCC equivalent of Satan. See [gccsource:reload.c], [gccsource:reload1.c], and [gccsource:reload.h] if you have a brave soul. (You'll probably also wind up looking at [gccsource:local-alloc.c] and [gccsource:global.c], the register allocator proper.)

http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/reload

In short t seems to be a bit of code that has become magic, that is it does loads of thing, but noone has really any knowledge anymore of how, and sometimes why. This makes the code hard to maintain and optimize. So getting rid of reload is probably one large step towards a cleaner codebase that is easier to understand, easier to maintain, and easier to optimize. So maybe getting rid or reloaded is for the maintainers of GCC the foothold to be able to get more performance out of GCC, resulting in what our little troll screams for.

Edit: so yeah, I care mostly because it is exiting what this means for the future.