"Anything that makes it easier to use GCC back ends without GCC front ends--or simply brings GCC a big step closer to a form that would make such usage easy--wo

"Anything that makes it easier to use GCC back ends without GCC front ends--or simply brings GCC a big step closer to a form that would make such usage easy--would endanger our leverage for causing new front ends to be free. Because of this, the GNU Project will in all probability not install such changes, should they be available. This statement reflects a firm conclusion based on a decade of thought." http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2000-01/msg00572.html http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2000-01/msg00572.html