Where would that new life come from? As far as I am aware, there isn't exactly a thriving community around it which has been begging for a source release for ages, and with Clang and GCC there hasn't been a shortage of open-source C++ compilers either. And it's not exactly like the C++ ecosystem as a whole is booming, with it not having any answer to the memory safety problem.
From what I can tell this is just some retiring guys who want to make sure their life's work isn't lost to history, and who want to avoid screwing over their handful of remaining customers. Realistically, the best you can hope for is probably the occasional bugfix, and other open-source compilers scavenging it for a handful of useful clever ideas.
From what I can tell this is just some retiring guys who want to make sure their life's work isn't lost to history, and who want to avoid screwing over their handful of remaining customers. Realistically, the best you can hope for is probably the occasional bugfix, and other open-source compilers scavenging it for a handful of useful clever ideas.