[fpc-pascal] http://www.freepascal.org/future.var

Reinier Olislagers reinierolislagers at gmail.com
Wed May 29 06:25:47 CEST 2013


On 28-5-2013 19:16, Sven Barth wrote:
> On 28.05.2013 17:41, Reinier Olislagers wrote:
>> Going by the discussions on this mailing list I'm having trouble
>> believing LLVM backend support would be in the plans. Should this line
>> perhaps be removed.
> 
> Where in the discussions did we mention that we do not want a LLVM
> backend? 
Florian saying he didn't want an LLVM backend.

> We even had a LLVM branch some time ago! The only point is that
> a LLVM backend will be only one backend among the others unlike in the
> new Delphi compiler. We are not going to give up our existing backends!
Fine by me, glad that decision has been taken!


> Also this point is mentioned under "Planned for later versions".<snip stuff about time>
Yes, I think I understood what "later version" means...

Thanks for your quick and clear reply,
Reinier




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