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Re: Converting GCC to compilation with C++
- From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- To: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, nathan at codesourcery dot com
- Date: 14 Jul 2004 01:08:14 -0300
- Subject: Re: Converting GCC to compilation with C++
- Organization: Red Hat Global Engineering Services Compiler Team
- References: <40F2C9D5.20703@codesourcery.com>
On Jul 12, 2004, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> In addition, RMS stated that the use of C++ was unacceptable
> for the GNU Project, at least for programs that are presently written
> in C.
The *use* of C++, or the requirement of a C++ compiler?
We could very well keep on using C for parser, back-ends and some
minimal middle-end, and use that to build a c++ compiler for, say,
stage 0, and proceed to a full-featured bootstrap using the just-built
C++ compiler.
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Red Hat Compiler Engineer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org}
Free Software Evangelist oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org}