Re: Maintaining compiler front-ends (Re: The state of Ada)

2010-01-09 Thread Joerg Wunsch
As Mikhail T. wrote: > Hi, Joerg! Yes, this is why I added you to CC, and I do think, that > the common libbfd ought to have all of the known targets > included. Even altogether they use very little space -- less, than > having to add just one more flavor separately (even multiplied by > the proba

Re: Maintaining compiler front-ends (Re: The state of Ada)

2010-01-08 Thread Mikhail T.
01/08/10 15:59, Joerg Wunsch ???(??): I'm also maintaining a port of libbfd which is used by some AVR toolchain software. This port is set up in a "kitchensink" way, so all possible binary file formats are included. This could perhaps serve as a base for a generic GNU libbfd package to be u

Re: Maintaining compiler front-ends (Re: The state of Ada)

2010-01-08 Thread Joerg Wunsch
As Mikhail T. wrote: > I remain convinced, that the "bending into shape" ought to begin > with making the additional GNU compiler front-ends (be they Ada, or > Lisp, Java, Fortran, Pascal, Objective C, etc.) addable to an > already existing C-compiler. I find it crazy, that every such front > end

Re: Maintaining compiler front-ends (Re: The state of Ada)

2010-01-08 Thread John Merryweather Cooper
- Original Message From: Mikhail T. To: John Merryweather Cooper Cc: po...@freebsd.org; ka...@lovetemple.net; eisc...@vigrid.com; m...@freebsd.org; jo...@freebsd.org Sent: Fri, January 8, 2010 11:37:37 AM Subject: Maintaining compiler front-ends (Re: The state of Ada) 01/08/10 13:10

Re: Maintaining compiler front-ends (Re: The state of Ada)

2010-01-08 Thread freebsd-ports
On 2010-01-08 14:37:37, Mikhail T. wrote: > I remain convinced, that the "bending into shape" ought to begin with > making the additional GNU compiler front-ends (be they Ada, or Lisp, > Java, Fortran, Pascal, Objective C, etc.) addable to an already existing > C-compiler. That's the plan! Th

Maintaining compiler front-ends (Re: The state of Ada)

2010-01-08 Thread Mikhail T.
01/08/10 13:10, John Merryweather Cooper написав(ла): Well, the [Ada -mi] compiler needs to be upgraded to the latest version. Linux gets a compiler out of the box, but we have to bend one to shape. I remain convinced, that the "bending into shape" ought to begin with making the additional GNU