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I don't really follow. Do you mean, for example, BigCorp making a backend that compiles to proprietary BigCorpLang? Why would that be such a bad thing?
by hamandcheese 10y ago
I don't really follow. Do you mean, for example, BigCorp making a backend that compiles to proprietary BigCorpLang? Why would that be such a bad thing?
- foota 10y agoI think they mean it compiles to BigBorp ir which is then used with BigCorps secret sauce optimizing compiler.
- bonzini 10y agoThat's already happening with the nVidia PTX backend, so I guess that's accepted too nowadays.
- icebraining 10y agohttps://lwn.net/Articles/582241/ https://lwn.net/Articles/582241/