[Coco] Re: gcc-coco revisited

[Theodore A. Evans]

On 10/31/03, Neil Morrison wrote:

> My question is, why do this? C++ seems like overkill for a processor
> such a this. From what I have seen very few projects are written
> which truly use the C++ extensions, most seem to be written as C with
> C++ headers. I'd rather see a good Pascal compiler.

The OS-9 Pascal compiler is a pretty good Pascal compiler.  It
conforms almost exactally to the standard defined by Wirth's _Pascal
User Manual and Report_.  In fact if you don't mind slow execution
time it even allows for (p-code) programs over 64k even under level 1.

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