Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpda!hpcuhb!hpcllla!hpclisp!hpclscu!shankar From: shankar@hpclscu.HP.COM (Shankar Unni) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Software Distribution Message-ID: <650004@hpclscu.HP.COM> Date: 23 Sep 88 18:50:52 GMT References: <891@taux01.UUCP> Organization: HP NSG/ISD California Language Lab Lines: 19 > I have felt in my bones that an efficient Intermediate Language for > conventional processors [(examples)] is realistic proposition.... > > [Description of IL..] > Such a piece of research was done years ago at Stanford ("Ucode". Exact reference not available at the moment). > Good though this would be for the advancement of Computer Science I > cannot see it being commercial. That is, I could not imagine a > Company that produces the IL definition and sufficient code generators > and compiler front ends to establish a momentum making a profit. :-(. Well, surprise, surprise. Both HP and MIPS use such an intermediate language for their RISC processors. And at least one of them is making a profit :-). (Disclaimer: I have no information on the other. No flames..) So there! -- Shankar.