Jose E. Marchesi: Algol 68 Front-End merged in GCC

I am very happy to announce that, after almost a year in the
works, today the Algol 68
front-end has been merged in GCC proper in its development
trunk branch. This means that we are no longer off-tree, and
that GCC 16 will be featuring a full-fledged and modern Algol 68 compiler once it
gets released.

This doesn't mean the work is done. The modules system, which is
already functional, needs to be completed and polished, parallel
clauses are still to be implemented, and the quality of the
generated code should be generally improved. We also want to
replace the boehm GC with a tightly integrated customized, exact
one, and to continue modernizing and expanding the language, always
carefully and respectfully, via GNU extensions: exception handling,
FFI, etc.

At this point I would like to thank Marcel van der Veer, Pietro
Monteiro, Mohammad-Reza Nabipoor, Thomas Schwinge, Sam James,
Matthias Klose, Iain Buclaw, Andrew Pinski, Segher Boessenkool, Iain
Sandoe, the GCC global reviewers and the overall GCC community.
Without their help, and Marcel's nifty Algol 68 parser, this
front-end would simply not exist.

And now, the real fun starts... 😉
Happy algoling!

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