David Edelsohn via Gcc <[email protected]> writes: > The GCC Steering Committee has agreed to include the Algol 68 Front End in > trunk designated as experimental with stipulations: > > 1. Algol 68 is not part of all languages built by default. > 2. Algol 68 is not part of the GCC release criteria. > 3. All GCC developers who are not responsible for the Algol 68 Front End > may decline to work on issues related to the Algol 68 Front End. > 4. If the Algol 68 Front End bit rots or is not maintained, it will be > removed. > > To permit Algol 68 development to continue, Jose E. Marchesi is appointed > as Algol 68 front end maintainer. > > If maintaining a Front End outside of trunk is difficult, the Algol 68 > developers are invited to propose concrete changes to make it easier to > maintain front ends in a branch of the GCC repository outside of trunk.
Thank you to the steering committee, and massive congratulations to Jose and the contributors we've already gathered to the frontend. I have no doubt it'll be a success and I hope to help make that happen in my own small way. Onwards! sam
