Package: wnpp Owner: François-Denis Gonthier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Severity: wishlist
* Package name : cyclone Version : 1.0/CVS Upstream Author : Dan Grossman, Trevor Jim, Greg Morrisett et al. * URL or Web page : http://cyclone.thelanguage.org * License : GPL (+ BSD alike for some files) Description : Safe dialect of C Cyclone is a compiler for a language close to the C language. It adds several feature to improve the safety on the C language. Such features include: - pattern matching, - algebraic datatypes - exceptions - region-based memory management - optional garbage collection. One of cyclone aims is to produce programs that are more secure than C programs by eliminating buffers overflows, double free bugs, dangling pointers access, etc. For Cyclone-l readers, this is a "Intent To Package" for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. It is meant to say that there is somebody working on packaging a particular software for the distribution. If you have any comments or questions, I'll be happy to answer. F-D