From owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 31 03:24:50 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 759B71065673 for ; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:24:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout029.mac.com (asmtpout029.mac.com [17.148.16.104]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C7C78FC08 for ; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:24:50 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Received: from macbook-pro.lan.xcllnt.net (mail.xcllnt.net [70.36.220.4]) by asmtp029.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0L6E00658K5CO810@asmtp029.mac.com> for freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org; Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:24:50 -0700 (PDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1004200000 definitions=main-1007300182 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.0.10011,1.0.148,0.0.0000 definitions=2010-07-30_07:2010-07-31, 2010-07-30, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 From: Marcel Moolenaar In-reply-to: <20100730142039.GA10136@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:24:48 -0700 Message-id: References: <20100730142039.GA10136@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> To: Anton Shterenlikht X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: understanding EPIC X-BeenThere: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the IA-64 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:24:50 -0000 On Jul 30, 2010, at 7:20 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I've been doing some reading on compilers > for ia64 EPIC (see my list below). I think > I'm starting to understand just how hard > it is to get a compiler to squeeze the most > of ia64. Yup... > I cannot find any paper on compiler > development for ia64 later than 2005. > Has anybody got a link to a later development? I haven't really looked, but I suspect it will be touch to get high-quality papers. > Also, is Gelato (aka IMPACT, OpenIMPACT - > http://www.gelato.org, http://gelato.uiuc.edu) dead? Probably. It wasn't too active 4 years ago. It was mostly a corporate involvement IIRC. -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com