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
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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.
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Roger B.A. Klorese                           MIPS Computer Systems, Inc.
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