[RFC] Changing the implementation language of the fortran front-end

[Bud Davis]

the first round of comments were almost entirely negative... i meant this as a serious proposal
and not as a troll.

my goal was to float the idea. the fortran front-end is about 220K ";"'s  and it is written in a
modern C dialect.  it is a possible thing to do.

the implementation language would be g++.  you would have to enable g++ and build it.  

AFAIK, the only thing additional a g++ build requires is time. of course this time is excessive if
you are running on non-modern hardware with limited memory (sometimes a cross-compiler is an
excellent solution).

Thomas and FX, it would take years for C++ code to replace the C code. Your existing skills and
knowledge would gradually be exposed to new stuff over a long period of time.


Anyone else ?

take care,
bud davis