Date:	Mon, 3 Apr 1995 15:52:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:	".ASM SoftWare Systems" <rdc AT freenet DOT vancouver DOT bc DOT ca>
Subject:	Info on future enh. to FSF gcc, not djgpp (unoffical providor)
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

I spotted this Url:

ftp://ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/DESCRIPTIONS
Feb  8 18:52  text/plain       [332]DESCRIPTIONS  65Kb

  Don't worry, that was someone else who posted 40K to the mailing list,
I edited out three items that _may_ affect the source code that is used by
'dj AT delorie DOT com (DJ Delorie)' to make djgpp - the FSF gcc source.


 The first sounds like a good feature for us, the other sound as though
they may be straying from MSDOS even further - A PLOT against us ;>

This is the HEAVILY edited version, just a few lines:

 
 
Forthcoming GNUs
****************
 
 
   * C Interpreter
The FSF is adding interpreter facilities to the GNU compiler and
debugger. This task is partly finished. GCC now generates byte code
(for all supported languages: C, C++ and Objective-C) and another package
interprets it.
 
To make this work usable, we need to add features to GDB to load the byte
code dynamically. We also would like C compiler support for compiling
just a specified few functions in a file. ue to limited resources, the
FSF cannot fund this. Interested volunteers should contact
`gnu AT prep DOT ai DOT mit DOT edu'.
 
   * GAS
The GNU assembler is in the process of being rewritten to fully use the
BFD library. Currently BFD is used only on some platforms. When this
work is finished, porting the entire compiler support suite (GAS and
Binutils) to new platforms should be easier. Forthcoming versions will
include support for the HP-PA, DEC Alpha (running OSF/1), RS/6000 and
PowerPC processors.
 
   * GCC
New front ends for GCC are being developed, but they are not yet part of
GCC. A front end for Fortran is now in alpha test and is approaching
completion, and a front end for Ada (GNAT: The GNU Ada Translator) is
available via anonymous FTP from `cs.nyu.edu' in `/pub/gnat', though it
is not yet stable. News about GNAT is posted to the USENET newsgroup
`comp.lang.ada'. Volunteers are also developing a Pascal front end.
 
Ghostscript 3.0 will be released and distributed by FSF in the second 
quarter of 1995.
 
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 When I saw that new Ghostscript was comming I promptly deleted my ten
version old one ... Gained 10M ...



  They claim djgpp is _thier_ version 2.5.8 (for djgpp 2.6.3) if I read
correctly. ftp://alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu/ has 'alpha' versions of gcc.


  They are not expending great efforts to support MSDOS ;>

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