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Re: how to get .c equivalent of a .cpp

From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely dot gcc at gmail dot com>
To: kevin diggs <diggskevin38 at gmail dot com>
Cc: Maxim Kuvyrkov <maxim at codesourcery dot com>, ranjith kumar <ranjithproxy at gmail dot com>, gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:01:04 +0100
Subject: Re: how to get .c equivalent of a .cpp
References: <CAG9fbzZcpoGWHL7ET+med=hpgDdEUrtA+bmhpS-=g7enNNvFeQ@mail.gmail.com> <3C85BD71-54AD-46D8-9A7D-EFAA09E99F1F@codesourcery.com> <CAKTLLVTCCVCzvBRXXYSCEj=9+FUiab2PWbY+WqYJCNRzZWpdog@mail.gmail.com>

On 13 July 2011 19:42, kevin diggs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:45 AM, Maxim Kuvyrkov <maxim@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>> On Jul 13, 2011, at 12:00 PM, ranjith kumar wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> 1) I read somewhere that .cpp code is converted into .c code by the
>>> compiler, and .c file is used to make the executable file.
>>
>> This was the way first C++ compilers operated. ?GCC compiles C++ code directly into assembly.
>>
> I think these were sometimes called "cfront".

Cfront was a specific C++ compiler (the first one) not just a generic
term for one that compiled to C.

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