According to Marius Gedminas:
- Just in case: is there a newer version about to be released? (I think I could wait a few days then ;)
That depends on what you consider "a few" days. ;-)
I am planning to release the next official version of GPC in summer 1997. Yes, we are somehow late, but it's getting more and more stable ...
- What do I need to successfully compile and run GPC?
To compile GPC, you need the source of gcc-2.8.x or a recent EGCS snapshot.
To run GPC, you need just the usual development suite (binutils and such) and a binary distribution of GPC (unless you compile it yourself).
(BTW I've tried to find GCC 2.8.x on ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu (the official GCC site according to GCC-HOWTO), but only EGCS 1.0.3 was present there -
I got my copy of gcc-2.8.x from a German mirror of `prep.gnu.ai.mit.edu'.
readme said something about problems with gcc, so now I don't know whether I should choose GCC or EGCS.)
The "E" in EGCS stands for "experimental", so you should choose that one if you are interested in the most recent developments and not afraid of undetected bugs.
Peter