Re:What Challenges and Trade-Offs Do Optimising Compilers Face?
by mort96 on Thursday June 22, 2017 @06:26PM
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So... no ISO standard is really free or open, just drafts which may or may not be similar? That sounds kind of shitty.
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Re:What Challenges and Trade-Offs Do Optimising Compilers Face?
by shakna on Thursday June 22, 2017 @06:32PM
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I think ISO would say the standard is open, but not free. You're not required to be a member of a working group to access the final standard, you just have to buy the book.
Which has created a history of languages that usually follow the standard quite strictly.
(Though, I do personally despise the non-free aspect, I can sort of understand it, considering history and the effort to standardise).