[cfe-dev] compiler quadruple (formerly triple)

[Reed Kotler]

On 05/14/2011 04:23 PM, Charles Davis wrote:
> On 5/14/11 4:06 PM, reed kotler wrote:
>> On 05/14/2011 10:05 AM, Chris Lattner wrote:
>>> On May 14, 2011, at 12:16 AM, reed kotler wrote:
>>>
>>>> I wonder why the canonical form did not put the vendor last.
>>>>
>>>> That seems more logical.
>>>>
>>>> Instead it is the second.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any reason why?
>>> You'd have to ask the GNU folks, who invented the target triple.
>>>
>>> -Chris
>> The triple is a GNU invention but  I think that the quadruple is a clang
>> invention. !?
> No, the quadruple was also a GNU invention. It's related to the whole
> Linux vs. GNU/Linux debate.
>
> Chip
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Right  you are.

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