I own an old version of OmniBasic which compiles to executable code with the GCC version that came with an early Caldera Open Linux (kernel 2.14) distribution, but does not work with more recent versions. I love the language. The developer no longer supports Linux. Booting one Linux version to compile and another to test the executable is really tedious. Does anyone have any suggestions other than running two versions of GCC on the same system? This has so far proven impossible.

Thanks.

Hmm... perhaps you could use the old system to protoype since you like it so much, and use a more modern language (or set of Basic, at least) for your actual projects.

On the other hand, if you get good at a more modern language, why not just switch.

The only other option I can think of is to pick up maintenance of the gcc tree yourself and add your favorite language yourself. Rectify what won't work with the newer versions. I know this is a crap answer... but that is how every language made it into gcc other than C itself.