[M3devel] possible cygwin createprocess/fork cost measurements..

[Tony Hosking]

Blurg!  Tools should do well what they are supposed to do and do no  
more than necessary.  Assemblers are good at assembling, so why  
reinvent the wheel?

See: http://linux.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/302

The counterpoint to this argument is Windoze...

On Mar 24, 2008, at 3:25 PM, Jay wrote:

> I understand, but it need not be this way.
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2004-05/msg00318.html
>
> GCC is the last compiler I'm using that doesn't have an integrated  
> object file generator. It's way past
> time to integrate BFD, opcodes, etc. or whatever other solution to  
> replace this generate-text-and-pipe-it-to-the-assembler '70s  
> technology.
> That means one less thing on the host that may not match GCC's  
> expectations. (e.g. AltiVec register names and the host assemblers)
>
> - Jay
>
>
> CC: wagner at elegosoft.com; m3devel at elegosoft.com
> [snip]
> gcc itself is a top-level driver program that generates as and forks  
> an as.   I don't think it's possible to do what you suggest.
>

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