Re: Where did "middle end" come from

Derek Jones <derek@knosof.co.uk>
Mon, 3 Jan 2022 20:07:33 +0000

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From: Derek Jones <derek@knosof.co.uk>
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Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2022 20:07:33 +0000
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Chris,


> Derek Jones recollection of its usage at Intermetrics with a possible
> connection to the PQCC work done at CMU sounds quite plausible. Many


The CHILL compiler team was huge, by compiler standards.
We actually had front-end, middle-end, and back-end teams.
I have not since worked on a compiler project with this exact
explicit breakdown (which was probably driven by the division
of multi-company labor).


I know there were earlier compilers at Intermetrics that had a
middle-end concept. Tony Flanders knows a lot of history and might
be able to say where the term originated:
http://www.whysheep.com/i2/daf-history2.html

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