[LLVMdev] Summer of Code ideas

[Chris Lattner]

On Mar 22, 2010, at 4:34 PM, Nick Frolov wrote:

>> There is a high maintenance cost to having backends in the tree (every
>> codegen change requires updating all backends).  Adding stuff that
>> noone uses and can barely test is not goodness.
> 
> So, proposing a backend for an unpopular architecture is not a good idea
> for GSoC project in general?

We generally prefer for GSoC projects that are useful to a broad range of people or that opens llvm to a new community.  A proposal that implements something that no one will use is highly unlikely to be accepted.

-Chris