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Re: Putting C++ code into gcc front end

From: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>
To: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
Cc: tromey at redhat dot com, GCC Hackers <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 23:37:09 -0800
Subject: Re: Putting C++ code into gcc front end
References: <87of4rnc0c.fsf@fleche.redhat.com><877kbf3btx.fsf@egil.codesourcery.com><m365qzfxho.fsf@uniton.integrable-solutions.net>

Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net> writes:

> I don't think this is much worse than the current situation where one
> needs to have g++ + libstdc++-v3 built if one wants Java.

It's at least incrementally more trouble.  Right now, starting with
just a C compiler, you can get a Java compiler without having to build
and install C++ first.

> And bootstrap for C++ front-end is currently an oxymoron: it is just a
> bootstrap for the C compiler.

I consider this a feature.

zw

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