[LLVMdev] Compiler Driver Decisions

[Chris Lattner]

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Reid Spencer wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-08-02 at 15:03, Chris Lattner wrote:
> > > Since there's been little feedback on the design document I sent out,
> > > some decisions are being made in order to progress the work. If you have
> > > strong feelings about any of these, voice them now!
> > >
> > > 1. Name = llvmcc
> >
> > Why not 'llvmc' "llvm compiler"?  What does the extra C mean?
>
> I dunno. Perhaps cause Misha liked it. But, you do have a point there.
>
> For that matter, why llvmc? Its more than a compiler. It also (and
> mainly) links and optimizes. So, why not just "llvm" ?

Hrm, I don't think we want to overload "llvm" to mean yet-another-concept.

It's already the name of the project and the IR... this causes enough
confusion as it is.  What trouble could one extra little 'c' cause? :)

-Chris

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