GCC code generator docs

I should think this is a FAQ, for which I apologise, but anyway.


I'm needing to port a C compiler to my new, rather wacky architecture in a
bit of a hurry. We have an in-house C compiler but I need something that is
very production quality. The obvious options are lcc and gcc.


I have the lcc book, and feel fairly relaxed about doing the code
generator. I suspect that gcc's output is better optimised than lcc,
so maybe I should use gcc instead. Howver, I find the texinfo docs on
the code generator interface a little sparse. Can anyone point me at
tutorial documentation or useful examples? Does anybody have opinions
on lcc vs gcc?


                                                  Adrian




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    Dr Adrian Johnstone, Dean of the Science Faculty, Dept of Computer Science,
        Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, England.
Email: adrian@dcs.rhbnc.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1784 443425 Fax: +44 (0)1784 443420
[I gather that lcc's gode is better than unoptimized gcc, but not as good as
gcc with all the optimization on. Doing a code generator for lcc looks to be a
lot easier. -John]
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