This discussion is in danger of drifting off topic (the future of GPC development) to religious wars (OSes). So can we please bring it back to the topic?
The most crucial point for me is portability and cross-platform development. Right now, I can write a program, and compile it for Windows, Linux, and my embedded system (accessed via smbfs). If I need to, I can compile the same program for Solaris Sparc and Dos as well (and have done so in the past). This is the reason for my earlier question about which C++ standard the code generated by the renewed GPC would target. It is also the reason why I am in full support of Frank's suggestion of C++, as in preference to any other language as far as the generated code is concerned. I know that almost every decent OS under the planet has a decent C++ compiler (probably g++), and I don't believe that this is likely to change anytime soon. So that seals it for me.
Best regards, The Chief -------- Prof. Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) web: http://www.greatchief.plus.com/