Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!ima!spdcc!mipseast!rogerk From: rogerk@mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Software Distribution Message-ID: <520@mipseast.mips.COM> Date: 28 Sep 88 05:01:38 GMT References: <650004@hpclscu.HP.COM> <345@istop.ist.CO.UK> Reply-To: rogerk@mipseast.mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese) Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Inc., Burlington, MA Lines: 22 In article <345@istop.ist.CO.UK> itcp@ist.CO.UK (News reading a/c for itcp) writes: >1. What I am interested in is a many (languages) to many (processors) > Intermediate Language, and one made public for use by procesor or language > designers. Our UCODE predates our processor, is based on a theoretical machine which is architecturally unlike our processors, and, while currently processor specific in implementation, need not continue to be. >2. Both MIPS and HP are basically hardware vendors, sure they may make a > profit, but on their compiler operation? MIPS is a systems and technology company. We license our compilers to several vendors who use our chips to build their own systems. (In fact, since we now sell our chips through technology partners, royalties and compiler licenses constitute our revenue in some of these deals.) In this case, yes, we do make money on our compilers. -- Roger B.A. Klorese MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. {ames,decwrl,prls,pyramid}!mips!rogerk 25 Burlington Mall Rd, Suite 300 rogerk@mips.COM (rogerk%mips.COM@ames.arc.nasa.gov) Burlington, MA 01803 I don't think we're in toto any more, Kansas... +1 617 270-0613