2015-11-27 13:42 GMT+01:00 <tlaronde@polynum.com>:

On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 09:13:20AM +0100, Giacomo Tesio wrote:
>
> I know nothing about compilers, but actually gcc and clang dimension and
> complexity is astonishing.

It's not astonishing: it's research. They want to prove that a black
hole does exist.

Funny, but actually I was wondering if there is any subtle issue in the standards of the C language that makes it somehow hard to implement.

For example I've met a few times weird implementations of libraries and frameworks dictated by broken standards: once they are in, they can never be removed due to backward compatibility. I thought that Charles (that also implemented the Limbo compiler) might have referenced these kind of issues in his pun.

Giacomo