Quo vadis, GPC?

[Kevan Hashemi]

Deasr Chief,

 > So that seals it for me.

I agree that a Pascal to C++ translater would be just fine. But on the 
other hand, that means that we need people who enjoy programming in both 
Pascal and C++ to support the project. Anyone who fits that description 
is not going to have much use for the product, because they might as 
well program in C++ in the first place.

The people who are dedicated to GPC are people who greatly prefer to 
program in Pascal. Most such people dislike programming in C++. So who 
is going to write this translator? Not me. Is Frank going to write it on 
his own?

It may be ten times as much work to re-write the compiler in Pascal, but 
we may find that we have a hundred times as much developer time available.

One way to proceed is for Frank to estimate how many developer hours are 
required for a Pascal compiler in Pascal, and for a Pascal to C++ 
translator, then we poll the list to see how many hours people are 
prepared to dedicate to each project. If only one of them gets enough 
hours, then we have only one practical solution.

Yours, Kevan


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Kevan Hashemi, Electrical Engineer
Physics Department, Brandeis University
http://alignment.hep.brandeis.edu/