> > > This from a man who already ships 4 C compilers, 2 Java compilers, 2
> > > native assemblers, 2 Prologs, 2 Haskells, at least 3 LISPs and a
> > > partridge in a pear tree?
> >
> > Well, you wish to have (yet) another compiler?
> >
> > Remember, the distrib is quite big already, we have 3 CD (inc. contrib),
> > my personal opinion is that only include it if you think that it will
> > really benefit people, or if assuming that gpc is better then why keep fpc
> > around?
> I would say let's include gpc in main, and either drop fpc or switch it to
> contrib. We're building a gnu/linux distro, not a borland/linux one :-)
I don't think that we have actually one piece of software, other than fpc
itself, which is coded in Pascal. In light of this, it would be very nice
if someone can do some tests to see which one is better! :-)
I can't say for the prolog / haskell interpreters / compilers but for the
gcc we had 3 because older kernels required egcs, main was with gcc and
3.0.x was for testing new bug^H^H^Hfeatures.
-- Geoff.
