[M3devel] Too many names for the gcc backend. Was: m3cgc1: fatal error ...

[Olaf Wagner]

On Thu, 28 May 2015 10:17:08 -0500
"Rodney M. Bates" <rodney_bates at lcwb.coop> wrote:

> BTW, the gcc-derived back end has too many names.
> 
>    m3cc:   The package name
>    m3cg:   The directory containing glue code to gcc
>    m3cgc1: The executable built inside m3cc.
>            Also, what it identifies itself as in error messages
>    cm3cg:  The executable, when installed in /usr/local/cm3/bin
> 
> Did I even get it complete or right?

Yes. It's all due to historical reasons, IIRC. m3cgc1 was the
name in the PM3 distribution, and Critical Mass used the cm3cg
name. I never changed any of the names intentionally, though I
should perhaps have done that, when we made the open source
release of the CM3 code base.

Olaf
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