Re: gcc compiler modification to cater for new programming language

2012-06-14 Thread David Brown
On 14/06/2012 04:05, Chris Jones wrote: David Brown wrote: On 11/06/2012 09:45, Chris Jones wrote: Is it possible to modify the source code of gcc to enable to compilation of a completely new programming language, as yet unrecognized? How much of a big job would I be looking at for such a task?

Re: gcc compiler modification to cater for new programming language

2012-06-13 Thread Chris Jones
David Brown wrote: On 11/06/2012 09:45, Chris Jones wrote: Is it possible to modify the source code of gcc to enable to compilation of a completely new programming language, as yet unrecognized? How much of a big job would I be looking at for such a task? I would think that would depend entir

Re: gcc compiler modification to cater for new programming language

2012-06-11 Thread David Brown
On 11/06/2012 09:45, Chris Jones wrote: Is it possible to modify the source code of gcc to enable to compilation of a completely new programming language, as yet unrecognized? How much of a big job would I be looking at for such a task? I would think that would depend entirely on the language

Re: gcc compiler modification to cater for new programming language

2012-06-11 Thread Basile Starynkevitch
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 05:45:12PM +1000, Chris Jones wrote: > Is it possible to modify the source code of gcc to enable to > compilation of a completely new programming language, as yet > unrecognized? How much of a big job would I be looking at for such a > task? It is certainly possible, and i