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Re: Converting GCC to compilation with C++
On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 09:12:38PM -0700, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>
> >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?
> >
> The use of C++.
He stated it, but I don't feel bound by that; when we reunified egcs and
GCC, we insisted that while we would defer to the FSF on "political" and
legal matters, we would not on technical issues.
It does mean that we would have a fight on our hands, and I'd only be
willing to engage in that fight if we could demonstrate a large win
by switching. Tom Tromey's demonstration that a rewritten Java front
end can be done with a 2x savings in lines of code looks promising.