Re: [Gomp-discuss] Plan ... coments wanted !

[Diego Novillo]

On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Scott Robert Ladd wrote:

> For example: Which frontends will we support? gcc and g++, most certainly;
> what about g77? While some people may think g77 is obsolete, many existing
> OpenMP applications are based in Fortran 77. I suggest we target gcc, g++,
> and g77 at a minimum.
> 
It is impossible to support g77.  It does not even emit function-as-trees.
C and C++ are not a problem.

> I assume g95 will be included for support.
> 
Yes.  g95 is what we'll be able to support.

> Do we want to go beyond the define OpenMP languages, and provide extsnions
> for Objective C, Java, and Ada? (I think not)
> 
Java and Ada have their own concurrency, so OpenMP makes little
sense for them.  I don't know about Objective C.


Diego.