Gerald Pfeifer <ger...@pfeifer.com> writes: > I realize this predates your patch (which merely changes version numbers), > but a reference to back ends could be misunderstood. I assume GNU Modula-2 > doesn't just use the back ends (x86, aarch64,...), but also the middle-end > and tree optimizers etc.? > > What do you think about just saying "with GCC 10 and GCC 11".
Hi Gerald, yes indeed this sounds more accurate. >> Work is in progress to move the front end to >> +the GCC trunk. The front end is mostly written in Modula-2, but >> +includes a bootstrap procedure using mc.</li> > > On my system mc refers to Midnight Commander :-), whereas I guess mc > here is about "Modula Compiler"? Can you rephrase this for the sake > of those not so closely involved? ah yes will do! > Usually I'd just say "subject", which is a header in our mail systems; > the term "subject line" isn't widely used. feel free to overrule and use "subject". I copied the text from other branch descriptions :-) (there are 38 uses). I guess there should be consistency on the web page - perhaps they could all be changed though - what do you think? > Thanks (and okay considering the above), > Gerald thanks for the suggestions and maintaining the pages. Below are the proposed updated patches regards, Gaius possible ChangeLog/commit entry: htdocs/frontends.html: Update the description of GNU Modula-2. htdocs/git.html: Document the new devel/modula-2 branch. updated patches: diff --git a/htdocs/frontends.html b/htdocs/frontends.html index bec33b7b..7c8d84bc 100644 --- a/htdocs/frontends.html +++ b/htdocs/frontends.html @@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ has a back end that generates assembler directly, using the GCC back end.</li> <li><a href="http://www.nongnu.org/gm2/";>GNU Modula-2</a> implements the PIM2, PIM3, PIM4 and ISO dialects of the language. The compiler -is fully operational with the GCC 4.1.2 back end (on GNU/Linux x86 -systems). Work is in progress to move the front end to the GCC trunk. -The front end is mostly written in Modula-2, but includes a bootstrap -procedure via a heavily modified version of p2c.</li> +is fully operational with the GCC 10 and GCC 11 (on +GNU/Linux x86 systems). Work is in progress to move the front end to +the GCC trunk. The front end is mostly written in Modula-2 and it +includes a bootstrap tool which translates Modula-2 into C/C++.</li> <li>Modula-3 (for links see <a href="http://www.modula3.org/";>www.modula3.org</a>); SRC M3 is based on an old diff --git a/htdocs/git.html b/htdocs/git.html index 2bbfc334..c112980b 100644 --- a/htdocs/git.html +++ b/htdocs/git.html @@ -471,6 +471,17 @@ in Git.</p> Further information can be found on the <a href="https://github.com/Intrepid/GUPC";>GNU UPC</a> page.</dd> + <dt>modula-2</dt> + <dd>This branch is for the + <a href="http://nongnu.org/gm2/homepage.html";>GNU Modula-2</a> + front end to GCC prior to its integration with the mainline. The + branch will be regularly rebased against the mainline. It is + maintained by + <a href="mailto:gaius.mul...@southwales.ac.uk";>Gaius Mulley</a>. + Patches should be + prefixed with <code>[modula-2]</code> in the subject line.</dd> + </dd> + <dt>pph</dt> <dd>This branch implements <a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/pph";> Pre-Parsed Headers for C++</a>. It is maintained by <a
