Moritz Beutel wrote:
> Roman Kassebaum wrote: > > > > That is the proverbial bootstrapping problem. > > > > Are you sure cause there is already an existing Delphi compiler? > > how would you port that to another platform (e.g. Linux in the Kylix > days)?
First cross compilation and when the RTL is done then you can build the native compiler. Right?
> Also, I'm not so sure whether Delphi is the right language for a > compiler.
With my little knowledge I don't see a reason why a Delphi compiler written in Delphi would be slower or why it would take longer to add new features to it/it would be harder to maintain.
> Delphi is a great tool, but there are a few things which are > better done in C or C++, and IMO this applies to kernel drivers and > compilers.
About kernel drivers you can find some information here
"Writing Drivers in Delphi" http://w-shadow.com/blog/2006/10/12/writing-drivers-in-delphi/
Related to the compiler - FPC does meanwhile compile itself. -- Uwe