On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 19:34 +0200, Basile STARYNKEVITCH wrote: > Diego Novillo wrote:
> I am more thinking loud than actually believing that it would be a good > idea to switch to literate programming; I have mixed feelings towards > this approach, which has been extensively used in the C-- compiler > http://cminusminus.org/ . My personal (biased) view is that > sophisticated compiler technology should be coded in higher level > languages than C, C++ or Java Felix uses literate programming and a high level language (Ocaml). Switching gcc to high level language will have more benefits and be easier than using LP. I like LP, but it is monolithic and invasive, and needs its own tools (syntax colouring .. all gone :) -- John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net> Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net
