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Re: GCC in C++ branch created
- From: Tobias Burnus <burnus at net-b dot de>
- To: Bud Davis <bdavis9659 at sbcglobal dot net>
- Cc: fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:41:32 +0200
- Subject: Re: GCC in C++ branch created
- References: <439792.60051.qm@web81204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Bud Davis wrote:
I have to confess to this nagging temptation to rewrite the gfortran
frontend in F95.... :)
Paul
There is something intrinsically appealing about writing a compiler in it's sown language.
If I remember correctly, there was a commercial compiler (maybe Cray)
which was written in Fortran; I think their C compiler either wrote
Fortran or used the Fortran-compiler backend.
Tobias