- Zonnon

From: [at]} <Werner>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:46:32 +0200

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> > What more could I ask for? I would ask for a very stable
> > implementation and good portability (Windows, Mac, Linux,
> > etc). Is Zonnon as stable as BB?
>
> Well, I don't use Zonnon (does anyone?), but since it uses
> the .NET framework I assume that it is more portable than
> Blackbox.
>
> And since Zonnon appears to be a never-ending "work-in-progress",
> I assume that Blackbox is far more stable.

Yes you are right. If you read the language report you can see that Gutknecht
was trying to put all possible features into the language. I think the "Z" in
Zonnon has the same meaning as in the alphabet. It is intended to be the last
and ultimate programming language. But writing a compiler for that monster is
a lot of pain. And when i read "Compiles correct most of the time" it makes
me shiver.

As far as i know ADA (which took a similar approach) needed decades to get a
(good) working compiler.

For me personally the simplicity of Wirth enhanced by Mössenböck, Pfister and
Heeb, which resulted in Component-Pascal is the best compromise. But if you
like operator overloading and use Matrices and other math related stuff every
day you might give Zonnon a try.

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