Hi! Christopher Heiny: >and will see C++ and Java as enablers, VHDL and Perl as barriers.
Argh, why does it always have to be some obscure object orientated language? I would rather like to see some procedual Basic, like FreeBasic or QBasic, on this little buddy. Benefits: More applications. Everyone and his dog can produce decent apps and games with Basic as the learning curve isnt so steep as with C++/Java. And that a Basic compiler can produce fast code we see on FreeBasic. Version 0.17 and it produces codes that is ~80% as fast as the same programm coded in GCC-C and you can do the same stuff you can do in GCC-C but with a language everyone understands, plain English. Maybe someone with some knowledge in the Gnu Compiler Collection could help Andre Victor, the author of FB, converting the standalone compiler (BASIC -> x86 ASM -> Opcodes) to a GCC frontend (BASIC -> "GCC Pseudo Asm" -> Opcodes). Its on the todo list but first Andre wants optional(!) OO support. Its there but needs some extensive testing ;) If FB gets frontended then we would have our Basic *g* Greetings, Markus Stehr _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/community
