source mgt. requirements solicitation

[Phil Edwards]

On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 09:01:11AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Don't get me wrong - gcc has made _major_ strides in things like C++ and
> Ada support, but maybe one source management approach would be to actually
> split off the languages somewhat, and make development easier by having
> fewer dependencies (not worrying about breaking C++ when doing Java,
> making bootstraps faster etc).

You're preaching to the choir.  In fact, you're preaching to a group of
preachers.  Making the internal representations more language-independant,
more shareable across the front-ends, has been an ongoing project for a
while now (e.g, GIMPLE).  But I don't think changing the source management
tools would have anything to do with it.

C++ doesn't depend on Java, so no worries there.  :-)


Phil

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