On Wed, 11 Aug 2010, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:28:21 am Frank Heckenbach wrote:
Prof. Harley Flanders wrote:
I add 1 vote for Ada; 1 against C++.
So if we go for Ada, you will actively contribute, and if we go for C++, you will actively obstruct the project? Or what exactly does the negative vote mean?
I don't wish to speak for the Professor, but in the Python community it is very common to give informal votes on suggestions.
That's the way I took it. As long as it's understood that the developers (ie. Frank) will make the final decision and that anything we say is advisory, I see no harm in it.
My concern with generating Ada code is that GNAT needs an Ada compiler to compile from source and that such are not easy to find on all platforms (this is also a concern if GPC is rewritten in Pascal), whereas C++ compilers are a lot easier to find. I'd still like to see GPC rewritten in Pascal, but the cost will be facilitating compilation on new platforms.
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