Re: [dev] Languages that suck (was "Note On Webkit Versions")

From: Leo Gaspard <leo_AT_gaspard.io>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 15:47:06 +0200

On 05/02/2016 04:40 AM, Sylvain BERTRAND wrote:
> On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 11:12:08AM +1000, Timothy Rice wrote:
>>> [...]
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> When you want to promote a new language:
> 1 - write a boostrap compiler (for kernel profile and other profiles) in the current "system language" (I guess C, but gcc is now at least c++98).
> 2 - write a usable kernel with your language (kernel profile).
> 3 - write a compiler for that new language using this new language (all profiles).
>
> The first components which should be written using this new language are the basic system components *and the kernel*.
>
> They all epic-ly fail at the kernel step.
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You mean redox is an epic fail? Or did I misunderstand this statement?

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