Re: The GP/CP project

From: [at]} <Gérard>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 01:03:06 +0100

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From: Wojtek Skulski <skulski{([at]})nowhere.xy
> Has anyone looked at the GP/CP? Any concrete experience?

Yes. One year ago, I ported my BB compiler compiler Babel to gpcp (java
version only, I've never tested the .net version). I got some bugs that I
pointed out to John Gough and that he corrected. Some discrepancies with BB
were corrected too. In short, I can say it works.

> How good is it?

>From the language point of view, the interpretation of the report is more
strict than with BB. For example, in a procedure an OUT parameter must be
initialized, otherwise you get an error. BB doesn't make such tests. But I
got very few problems with my port.

The library is very lean. You'll find only what is necessary to run a
compiler in command line. For Babel, it was perfect, but I never tried to
port another program. Impossible. For one year, the library has not been
developped, but I think that the main effort has been made on the .net
version, which I don't know.

Gérard

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