Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751557Ab2FLHJC (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:09:02 -0400 Received: from smtp.syd.comcen.com.au ([203.23.236.77]:1268 "EHLO smtp.syd.comcen.com.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750733Ab2FLHJA (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:09:00 -0400 Message-ID: <4FD6EA5B.5030905@spin.net.au> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:06:03 +1000 From: Chris Jones User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120422 Firefox/12.0 SeaMonkey/2.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org CC: Cong Wang Subject: Re: gcc compiler modification to cater for new programming language References: <4FD40035.2020200@spin.net.au> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-comcen-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-comcen-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-comcen-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-2.14, required 4, AWL 0.36, BAYES_00 -2.60, RDNS_NONE 0.10) X-comcen-MailScanner-From: chrisjones@spin.net.au Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1298 Lines: 32 Cong Wang wrote: > On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 10:02 AM, 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? > Yeah, you need to write a gcc front-end for it. > > Why would you suggest writing a front-end for it? I think you're wrong there as a front-end has nothing to do with the functionality of gcc. Explain to me why you would suggest this? Curious. I am aware it is off-topic and have also brought it up on the gcc mailing list, thanks. Regards -- Chris Jones OpenSUSE Linux x86_64 (PC)|Android (Smartphone)|Windows x86 (Gaming!) Kernel developer|Lead Developer of SDL|Lead Developer of Nest Linux|Gamer and Emulator nut|Web Services|Digital Imaging Services Controllers: Rapier V2 Gaming mouse|Logitech Precision|PS3 controller|XB360 controller|Logitech Attack 3 j/stick Emulators: Fusion|Gens|ZSNES|Project64|PCSX-R|Stella|WinVICE|WinUAE -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/