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Re: Putting C++ code into gcc front end
- From: Steven Bosscher <s dot bosscher at student dot tudelft dot nl>
- To: Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com
- Cc: Olivier Galibert <galibert at pobox dot com>,Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>,Rupert Wood <me at rupey dot net>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 04 Mar 2003 18:06:29 +0100
- Subject: Re: Putting C++ code into gcc front end
- References: <200303041445.h24Ejhb15458@pc960.cambridge.arm.com>
Op di 04-03-2003, om 15:45 schreef Richard Earnshaw:
> > Is it reasonable in 2003 to have a quite complex compiler written in
> > K&R C? Not even ISO C?
>
> The last time this came up (probably less than 6 months ago), the answer
> was "yes". We've been round this discussion before. Let's not rehash all
> the same old arguments again.
I believe that the answer was: "Yes, because we have exactly one
platform that does not come with an ISO C compiler (HPUX). We will look
at this issue again in the 3.4 time frame".
Greetz
Steven