Re: [Cobolforgcc-devel] COBOL compiler

[Keisuke N. <kx...@po...>]

At Sat, 26 May 2001 07:29:55 +1000,
Tim Josling wrote:
> 
> TC is being written in C, but CB4G will have much of the runtime
> written in COBOL, using the core compiler subset.

Why do you need to write the runtime in COBOL?
Isn't C a better language to write?

> One approach is to ask for a task from one project and then do
> it. In free software projects generally there are more talkers
> than coders but there are enough coders to get a lot done. Even a
> small contribution is more help than you think!

Could you tell me a brief summary of what should be done next?
I am a C programmer and about starting hacking GCC.

Thanks,
Keisuke Nishida