> But first we would need a really good PL/I compiler, which in itself, is > not a bad thing. I would really like to have a reasonable alternative to > C for implementing things in Linux, for all of the reasons plus some, > that DB mentions below.
Multics actually has a good PL/1 compiler; it's the hardware emulator that needs work. On the other hand, the GNU PL/1 project is out there. It hasn't gotten a lot of work done in a while, but since the basic architecture mirrors the GCC code generation process, what needs to be done is to complete the stage 1 lexical scanner for the full OS PL/1 language set. The backends are already done, as we can leverage what is already been done in GCC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
