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Re: A FrontEnd in C++?


Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> writes:

> Based on the number of problems we have encountered with the Ada front
> end compared to the others, I think that as a matter of project policy
> writing front ends in any language other than C should be discouraged.

Most of the problems with Ada frontend are due to self-hosting, and
not due to using another language instead of C.


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