\section{Problem Statement} Writing a native code generator for any language is a significant investment, especially for todays modern processors with require extensive compiler support to achieve high performance. The algorithms that must be used to generate high quality code are complex, sometimes quite delicate, and require substantial infrastructure. \image{Retargeting compiler}{pictures/png/uncol2.png}{align=right} A specific architecture has a relatively short life time in relation to the time taken to build the code generator, and one quickly needs the ability to retarget to new versions of the architecture, or to different target architectures. This is by no means an open problem. There are many compilers today that target multiple architectures, however the quality of code varies. For example, \begin{color}{red}\begin{Italics}lcc\end{Italics}\end{color} by Chris Fraser and David Hansen does no back end optimizations; \begin{color}{red}\begin{Italics}gcc\end{Italics}\end{color} from the Free Software Foundation does extensive peephole and simple data flow optimizations, and falls short on advanced superscalar optimizations; and finally the \begin{color}{red}\begin{Italics}IMPACT\end{Italics}\end{color} compiler done by the Impact group at the University of Illinois specializes in more advanced superscalar and predicated architectures. \br{clear=right} \image{UNCOL?}{pictures/png/uncol.png}{align=left} Assuming the retargeting issue is solved, one would like to use all the developed infrastructure for multiple source languages. This problem is far from solved; even though \italics{gcc} has been used for multiple languages like Ada, Pascal, and Modula III, each of these have similiar execution models or were forced to adopt C conventions. \italics{gcc} cannot be used directly for languages such as Lisp, Smalltalk, Haskell, or ML that have radically different execution models and special requirements to support advanced language features.