Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> writes: > I'm bringing this up because a similar case will be with the GNU Modula-2 > compiler, when we want to support it in Autoconf and Automake. > > * The GNU Modula-2 compiler is called 'gm2'. Therefore it will be natural > (per GCS [2]) to call the variables M2 and M2FLAGS. > > * Calling the variable M2C would be very very confusing, because there is > a Modula-2 to C translator called 'm2c' [3][4][5] and, unlike gm2, it > produces C code, not an executable. > > > Proposal A: Define (I) as the more important goal. > > GO GOFLAGS > > A68 A68FLAGS > > M2 M2FLAGS > > DC DCFLAGS > > This implies changing AC_PROG_GO so that it defines the GO variable, and > deprecating the GOC variable. > > Proposal B: Define (II) as the more important goal. > > GOC GOFLAGS > > A68 or A68C A68FLAGS > > M2 M2FLAGS > > DC DFLAGS >
Hi Bruno, from the modula-2 perspective - this looks great thanks regards, Gaius
