Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!3.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: arnold@skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: another C-like language? was Compilers :) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2023 17:12:17 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <23-01-005@comp.compilers> References: <23-01-001@comp.compilers> <23-01-002@comp.compilers> <23-01-003@comp.compilers> <23-01-004@comp.compilers> Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="79652"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: C, design, history, comment Posted-Date: 04 Jan 2023 13:26:55 EST X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:3274 In article <23-01-004@comp.compilers>, gah4 wrote: >Otherwise, I believe the source for the original C++ compiler, which >converted to C for a C compiler, is still around, and could be used as >a start for a new C++ like language. This is true that it's around, but I think it has copyright / license limitations that would prevent building something new on top of it. Arnold -- Aharon (Arnold) Robbins arnold AT skeeve DOT com [The copy at the computer history museum says "The source code in this section is posted with the permission of the copyright owner for historical research purposes only." It's from 1997 so I would think it's a long way from modern C++. -John]