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Re: A FrontEnd in C++?
Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> writes:
[...]
| Under this constraint, I hope you'll agree with me that the thing to
| do is pick just one language, and write your compiler using the most
| minimal subset of that language that is practical, also avoiding as
| much of the runtime library as is practical.
I'm afraid I don't come to the same conclusions as you.
That doesn't mean you're wrong nor am I. I do have enought concrete,
working examples supporting my "other" approach to believe that it
works in pratice. Very well :-).
[...]
| I see no reason to expect this situation ever to change.
| Restricting ourselves to a safe subset of C and C only is a sensible
| way to insulate ourselves from these problems as best we can.
It just is *a* way. There are other alternatives.
-- Gaby