Mirsad Todorovac wrote:
I just had a crazy idea of developing an application in GNU Pascal - yet it struck me: if I distribute in source code, how many (in %) sites will be able to install it?
Any who choose to install a current GPC version. ;-) Realistically, it'll be sufficient if one user on each platform builds a binary and makes that available.
This lead me to another thought: when will GPC be stable enough to include it in main gcc-3.0.x (or later) distribution? (I guess this might help the compiler be more wide spread, as happened wiht g77 ...)
Yes, probably. Though it's not really a question of stability. In fact, I suppose a 3.0 based GPC will at first be less stable than a 2.8.1 or 2.95.x based one because a few new problems will surely appear and will have to be found and fixed first.
The main difference between the GCC versions from our POV is mainly a number of changed interfaces which means a lot of work to adopt GPC (and without too much immediate effect on the quality of GPC).
That's why it's not been on the top of our priorities, but of course, it will be done in due cuorse ...
Frank