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Re: thesis on mix c++ and objective-c
- From: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu>
- To: Come Lonfils <colonfil at ulb dot ac dot be>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:04:53 -0700
- Subject: Re: thesis on mix c++ and objective-c
- References: <20060927185818.476BD22C@bonito.ulb.ac.be>
On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 20:58 +0200, Come Lonfils wrote:
> Hi,
> I also need documentation for people who want to "enter" in gcc and to
> know how gcc work and how to modify it. I want to know how objective-c
> is compiled (translated in c and then compiled?).
Objective-C is parsed and the front-end produces GCC trees directly from
the source. The source is never translated into C before compiling,
just like the C++ front-end (which is by the way the first direct
compiling front-end for C++).
Thanks,
Andrew Pinski