New Frontend

[Thomas Martitz]

Am 16.03.2010 17:14, schrieb Varol Okan:
> Ouch,
>
> looking on how to get started with writing a front end ( or modifying an
> existing one I found this snippet :
> -----------
> I agree with you, Tom.  There comes a point where maintaining an example
> front-end to aid developers comes at a greater expense than just helping
> the developers of new front-ends (or improving the documentation).
> ------------
>
> So here is my question, where can I find documentation about creating a front-
> end which is up-to-date. It seems
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7884 ( from 2005 ) is a good start though
> I don't know how valid this 5 year old information is.
>
> Ditto for
> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/GCC-Frontend-HOWTO.html ( from 2002 )
>
> My goal for this project would be to modify C++ to allow easier multi-threaded
> programming, add garbage collection, utilize a runtime environment which
> should handle scheduling, and thread pools, communications etc. and make all
> of this as logically suitable as possible. Oh and it should be all integral
> part of the programming language.
>
> I know that none of my ideas is new but some one has to put it all together,
> so why not me.
>
> So I guess I am asking for advice on how to best go about doing this while
> avoiding 'old' information, which is widespread throughout the Internet.
>
> Thanks for the/any advice up front.
>
> Varol :)
>
>    

C#? I don't know how to write plugins but modifying C++ for your plans 
seems strange to me.

Best regards and sorry for the off-topic.