Re: GNU Pascal is still kind of alive

This discussion has been enormously encouraging.  We still haven't found
anyone who is currently working on the compiler itself, but there are
people making it avaiable, which is a start.

It's clear that the official website is terribly out of date.  Can
anything be done to remedy that?

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On Thursday 2017-01-05 10:29, Waldek Hebisch wrote:

>Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 10:29:53
>From: Waldek Hebisch <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: GNU Pascal is still kind of alive
>
>Treutwein Bernhard wrote:
>>
>> Please don't be insulted, I appreciate very much what you are doing for
>> GNU Pascal, but I think your note gives a good impression of the major
>> obstacles for newcomers to gpc. A lot of information is hidden behind
>> the web sites in personal memories.
>>
>> I know of the following sites:
>>
>> http://www.gnu-pascal.de/gpc/h-index.html
>> http://alignment.hep.brandeis.edu/Software/Pascal/Pascal.html
>> http://www.microbizz.nl/gpc.html
>> https://github.com/hebisch/gpc
>>
>> Maybe there are more.
>
>I would say that www.gnu-pascal.de is dead: it got only minimal
>updates beyond gcp-20050331.
>
>> Some infos from the  brains went to  the mailing
>> list and is available in the archive. But it is unclear to me (and I guess others
>> also) which information is still relevant and which is out of date. This is a
>> bit frustrating, but as long as we have only more or less hobbyists working
>> on GNU Pascal, we are out of luck.
>
>At github there is updated manual (changes to earlier versions are
>small, but for example it contains up-to-date features list).
>There is a lot of extra material at www.gnu-pascal.de, it was
>without update for long time so a lot is out of date.  But
>for extras (as opposed to core gpc) I am not aware of newer
>material.
>
>>
>> I do not know who, how, and where the collected and hopefully current
>> information could be concentrated, but I think it would be very good to
>> have a central place ...
>>
>> Peter Gerwinski noted las march a vague chance to have some student
>> working for her/his thesis on GNU Pascal ...
>
>This is where non-developers can help a lot.  We really need new
>maintainer for gpc web site.  AFAIK www.gnu-pascal.de is under
>control of Peter Gerwinski, we can ask him to give access to
>new maintainer or establish new site.  And in general simple
>thing that all gpc regulars can do: spread the word.  If you
>are not sure what to say ask here and once facts are established
>repeat them elsewere.
>
>--
>                              Waldek Hebisch
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