Re: Which target language do I choose?

Mark Manning for ftp wrote:


<snip>


> In BCPL, the expression primary:
>
> table <value1>, <value2>, ... <valueN>
>
> returns a static vector of N words initialised so that the first
> word is value1, the second value2, and so on. value1 .. valueN must
> all be evaluable at compile time.


<snip>


I wouldn't rule out C++. Keep it simple - don't use templates or RTTI
- and you might get the portability you need.


I wrote something that translated a subset of Visual Test (OK, it's a
lot like BASIC) to C++. I used C++ classes to model Visual Test data
types (like extendable arrays), and C++ let me intersperse
declarations and statements, just like Visual Test.


I have to tell you that (1) I did use templates, although I could have
done without them, and (2) my only target was GNU C++. But I spend a
lot of time porting C++ code, and I think there is a portable subset.


Louis Krupp
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