llvm dev - May 2016 - Is the CppBackend still supported?

Just noticed the deletion commit from Alex's weekly update.

We've been using 'llc -march=cpp' heavily to get a high-level
understanding of what clang generates for our OpenVMS work.

That has been very helpful in us writing the GEM to LLVM IR middle end.  

We don't use the output directly or try to compile it, but it certainly is
helpful at a high-level.  It was one of the cute things I liked about LLVM that
I said "Duh, I wish we did that with GEM."

As another data point, when I was working at HP (for porting NonStop to x86),
our IR dumpers also had a "C language" output.  It wasn't perfect
and it didn't always result in compile-able code, but it still felt easier
to read than any sequential IR dump.

I would have preferred to add something to the cpp output to make it clear that
it isn't guaranteed to be identical or even using the preferred techniques
but left it in place.

Just my 2cents.

John