>David Malcolm via Gcc >8:17 AM (2 hours ago) >I should probably also mention that I've been experimenting with an >"example" frontend, the idea being something that could live in the >source tree and be maintained, to be an example for people to copy and >refer to when implementing their own frontends. But it's nowhere close >to being ready for GCC 16 as I write this (and I have plenty of higher >priority work).
Consider GNU Pascal https://gnu-pascal.de https://github.com/hebisch/gpc Only configured to compile with gcc 2, 3, 4. (if at all) Would be good to get into gcc 16. Should be doable. It's a puzzle I haven't spent the time to make it happen, if anyone else moves in that direction, great. Pascal is historically important, the hot language in the early 1980s. For instance, the first Macintosh os, Adobe products. TeX. The language of "Advanced Placement" exams in high shchool. If my historical knowledge is correct N. Wirth was on the Algol committee, and thought "I can do better", came up with pascal, and later Modula-2, already in gcc....
