Re: algol 60 for gcc

["Rafael EspÃndola" <rafael dot espindola at gmail dot com>]

On 8/8/06, Petr Machata <pmachata@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi list!
>
> I picked a diploma thesis assignment to implement a gcc frontend, and
> document the process thoroughly. I chose Algol 60 as the language to
> implement. There has already been one attempt to do Algol 60 frontend,
> but it probably died:
>   http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-05/msg00432.html
>
> From my investigation so far, it seems that there is not that much to
> document, apart from "read this buch of links and you're basically done;
> the rest changes so rapidly it doesn't make sense to document".  But the
> assignment is in place, so I will do my best to create something worth
> reading.  In particular, I was looking at GCC documentation assignments:
>   http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/documentation.html
> and I think my work could be useful for "fully document the interface of
> front ends to GCC".

For the very first steps you may find the GCC hello world howto useful
(http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/gsc/branches/hello-world/)

> I'm trying to make the university to GPL the code and documentation, and
> give up their copyright, so that it could be used without restriction,
> but won't know the outcome until later this year.
I believe that the code must be GPL.

> gcc-algol project site is here, for those interested:
>   http://projects.almad.net/gcc-algol
>
> Thanks,
> PM

Thanks for choosing GCC :-)

Rafael