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Re: Extending Gcc For a New Language
- From: dewar at gnat dot com (Robert Dewar)
- To: dewar at gnat dot com, kevina at gnu dot org
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, mrs at apple dot com
- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 22:24:04 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: Extending Gcc For a New Language
>
> The basic question is does gcc support those language features. Or will I
> have to add support for them. For example I assume gcc has support for
> Virtual Inheritance and that support is shared between C++ and Java, or am I
> wrong and does each front end have to support it for its self. I'm sorry
> I am very ignorant to Gcc internals.
But most of the features you mention have nothing to do with the back end, For
example type inference has nothing whatever to do with GCC, it is something your
front end must deal with!