On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM carl hansen via Gcc <[email protected]> wrote: > > >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
See https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/ for the last time GPC merging was discussed. Yes that was 19 years ago but still. > > 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....
