From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <14ec7b180911101700h620743f8o8f2016b897af6556@mail.gmail.com> References: <2781f020911101654j173130ccoca4014aa0e0fa1b8@mail.gmail.com> <14ec7b180911101700h620743f8o8f2016b897af6556@mail.gmail.com> From: Rodrigo Miranda Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:10:36 -0200 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Is this the same Russ Cox we know here? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 98cb668e-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:00 PM, andrey mirtchovski wrote: > > but will it run on Plan 9? > >>From the FAQ: (http://golang.org/doc/go_faq.html) "What compiler technology is used to build the compilers? Gccgo has a C++ front-end with a recursive descent parser coupled to the standard GCC back end. Gc is written in C using yacc/bison for the parser. Although it's a new program, it fits in the Plan 9 C compiler suite (http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/compiler.html) and uses a variant of the Plan 9 loader to generate ELF binaries." So I believe it could be ported... As for a comparison to limbo, I think someone who knows more about limbo would be better qualified to delve into the language, but for one thing it isn't tied to Inferno, and compiles natively, as opposed to dis. (it also has some limited type inference) -- Rodrigo Miranda "There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something=85 You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after." =96 J.R.R Tolkien