[SC] Contributing the Algol 68 Front-End to GCC.

[Sam James]

Sam James via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> writes:

> "Jose E. Marchesi via Gcc" <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Hello Steering Committee!
>>
>> Back in January a WIP patch series incorporating an Algol 68 Front-End
>> [1] to GCC was sent to gcc-patches.  Shortly after, in February, a
>> request to the Steering Committee was made to consider officially
>> accepting the Front-End in GCC, if perhaps a bit prematurely.  The SC
>> decided to not merge the front-end at that time, the reasons for
>> rejection being a) a concern about the potential additional maintenance
>> and development burden of having the incipient front-end in a release of
>> GCC and b) a cost-benefit analysis that somehow resulted as
>> non-favorable towards Algol 68.
>
> As a purely administrative email to the SC, separate from my other statement of
> support: I do not see the Algol 68 request listed on
> https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/gcc-steering-committee under "Outstanding
> nominations and issues".
>
> Could it be added please? Thanks.

I see this is now there as https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/gcc-steering-committee?action=diff&rev1=13&rev2=14.