[LLVMdev] Compiler Driver Decisions

[Chris Lattner]

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Reid Spencer wrote:
> I actually like Misha's point here. Most people that have used GCC
> recently realize that the CC means "Compiler Collection" and not "C
> Compiler" which is appropriate given what it does. Since we intend to be
> front end language agnostic and the driver tool will support multiple
> front end languages, "Compiler Collection" is appropriate for LLVM too.
>
> I agree that llvm is overloaded and should be avoided. So its either
> llvmc or llvmcc. My vote is for the latter.

What is the difference between a "compiler collection" and a "compiler"?
how about llvmcs "llvm-compiler system" or something else non-cc? :)

-Chris

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