Re: GNU Pascal branch

On Apr 2, 2006, at 3:20 AM, Steven Bosscher wrote: The fact is, that the GNU Pascal crew did not want integration with gcc the last time this was discussed. GCC, the project, can not just suck in every front end out there if the maintainers of that front end do not want that. Actually, it can i

Re: GNU Pascal branch

On Apr 3, 2006, at 6:34 AM, Waldek Hebisch wrote: 2) Adjusting gpc development model. In particular, gpc uses rather short feedback loop: new features are released (as alphas) when they are ready. This is possible because gpc uses stable backend, so that users are exposed only to fro

Re: GNU Pascal branch

On Apr 1, 2006, at 7:26 AM, Ed Smith-Rowland wrote: 3. GPC would get much wider exposure. It would probably eventually ship along with the rest of gcc in OS distributions including *ahem* MacOSX. The GNU project doesn't set what is or becomes product for Apple. Or, put another way, we

Re: GNU Pascal branch

On Apr 3, 2006, at 09:34, Waldek Hebisch wrote: 2) Adjusting gpc development model. In particular, gpc uses rather short feedback loop: new features are released (as alphas) when they are ready. This is possible because gpc uses stable backend, so that users are exposed only to fron

Re: GNU Pascal branch

On 4/3/06, Waldek Hebisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steven Bosscher wrote: > > > The fact is, that the GNU Pascal crew did not want integration with > > gcc the last time this was discussed. GCC, the project, can not just > > suck in every front end out there if the maintainers of that front end

Re: GNU Pascal branch

Steven Bosscher wrote: > The fact is, that the GNU Pascal crew did not want integration with > gcc the last time this was discussed. GCC, the project, can not just > suck in every front end out there if the maintainers of that front end > do not want that. Not "did not want integration". At leat

Re: GNU Pascal branch

I hope I am viewed as an impartial but interested third party. I would really like to see this happen. I did not know about gpc until a few weeks ago when I did a google search. I may be mistaken but I think the TeX community would be very interested in a GNU based Pascal. I am aware tha

Re: GNU Pascal branch

Adriaan van Os writes: > Steven Bosscher wrote: > > > Ed Smith-Rowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> All, > >> > >> FWIW, I would like to add my support for creating a branch for gpc > >> with > >> the eventual goal > >> of integrating Pascal into mainline. > > > > While I agree with

Re: GNU Pascal branch

The fact is, that the GNU Pascal crew did not want integration with gcc the last time this was discussed. GCC, the project, can not just suck in every front end out there if the maintainers of that front end do not want that. Apparently, the GNU Pascal crew did not want integration with every

Re: GNU Pascal branch

Steven Bosscher wrote: Ed Smith-Rowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: All, FWIW, I would like to add my support for creating a branch for gpc with the eventual goal of integrating Pascal into mainline. While I agree with most of the the points you make, the issue is not whether GCC should all

Re: GNU Pascal branch

On 4/1/06, Ed Smith-Rowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > > FWIW, I would like to add my support for creating a branch for gpc with > the eventual goal > of integrating Pascal into mainline. While I agree with most of the the points you make, the issue is not whether GCC should allow a gpc-b

Re: GNU Pascal branch

Ed Smith-Rowland wrote: All, FWIW, I would like to add my support for creating a branch for gpc with the eventual goal of integrating Pascal into mainline. I would bootstrap and test this branch, report bugs and do my best to help with solutions although I'm new at this. I think both pro

Re: GNU Pascal branch

All, FWIW, I would like to add my support for creating a branch for gpc with the eventual goal of integrating Pascal into mainline. I would bootstrap and test this branch, report bugs and do my best to help with solutions although I'm new at this. I think both projects would benefit. I'll v

Re: GNU Pascal branch

Diego Novillo wrote: > On 03/30/06 03:32, Adriaan van Os wrote: > >> Still, I would like to create a GNU Pascal branch for gcc. This will be >> a central place where to keep the compiler updated with >> > I don't think this is a good idea. You are either part of the compiler > or you aren't. Fro

Re: GNU Pascal branch

On 3/30/06, Adriaan van Os <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the problem is not regular testing. Then waht is the problem with the daily maintenance you mention? Maybe there are other ways to make life easier for the gpc folks if you would be more specific about the problems you apparently have. > >

Re: GNU Pascal branch

Adriaan van Os <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> and people are >> responsible for fixing all front ends when they do backend changes. > > I don't believe that, they would just say, "oh, it is broken" or "oh, > it is not a primary language" or whatever excuse. You probably don't follow GCC developmen

Re: GNU Pascal branch

Adriaan van Os writes: > Steven Bosscher wrote: > > > Adriaan van Os <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The > >> answer is that simply the resources fail to maintain gpc on a daily > >> basis on gcc mainline. > > > > It seems to me that integrating gpc would _reduce_ the burden on the > > gp

Re: GNU Pascal branch

Steven Bosscher wrote: Adriaan van Os <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The answer is that simply the resources fail to maintain gpc on a daily basis on gcc mainline. It seems to me that integrating gpc would _reduce_ the burden on the gpc team, because you would get more regular testing the probl

Re: GNU Pascal branch

On 03/30/06 03:32, Adriaan van Os wrote: > Still, I would like to create a GNU Pascal branch for gcc. This will be > a central place where to keep the compiler updated with > I don't think this is a good idea. You are either part of the compiler or you aren't. Front ends that are only partially

Re: GNU Pascal branch

On 3/30/06, Adriaan van Os <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The > answer is that simply the resources fail to maintain gpc on a daily > basis on gcc mainline. It seems to me that integrating gpc would _reduce_ the burden on the gpc team, because you would get more regular testing and people are respon

Re: GNU Pascal branch

The GNU Pasal compiler is maintained as a separate back-end project. The compiler can be built with gcc-2.8.1 up to gcc-3.4.x and preliminary support for gcc-4.0 was recently added (). A regular question is why