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diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gccgo.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gccgo.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..26f5a91b --- /dev/null +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/gccgo.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!meta title="Porting Google Go (GCC: gccgo)"]] + +<!-- See also open_issues/gccgo. --> + +The goal of this project is to make the [Google Go programming +language](http://golang.org/) available on GNU/Hurd in its [[GCC]] *gccgo* +implementation. + +Presumably less work will be needed on the language's frontend itself, but +rather on the supporting libraries. + +Apart from a solid knowledge of the [[POSIX]] API, working knowledge of the +Google Go programming language is a must. Some Hurd knowledge will have to be +acquired while working on the project. + +Possible mentors: Ian Lance Taylor: gccgo bits, [[Thomas Schwinge +(tschwinge)|tschwinge]]: Hurd bits. + +Exercise: Fix one of the problems preventing *gccgo* from working on the Hurd. |