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Re: Using C++ in gcc (was Re: [RFC] type safe trees)
- From: Nathan Sidwell <nathan at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>
- Cc: paul at codesourcery dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:40:15 +0100
- Subject: Re: Using C++ in gcc (was Re: [RFC] type safe trees)
- Organization: CodeSourcery LLC
- References: <10406251822.AA12074@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
Richard Kenner wrote:
4) Incremental conversion to C++ idioms, where those are prudent.
That sounds like rewriting a significant chunk of code in C++ to me.
No, this a proposal to *require a C++ compiler*, not to invent a
language and convert it to C.
what would be the point of requiring a C++ compiler if we were not
then going to start using the language? I fail to see how
anyone can interpret Paul's understanding of the proposal as
'inventing a language and converting it to C', which is what you
seem to think he's saying, given that you've refuted his comment
as '... not inventing a language ...'.
So far your only point has been that bootstrapping to a virgin system
would be harder. (a) it's hard full stop (b) the ada compiler is in ada
which appears to be a more complicated language than C++, and it manages
to do such bootstraps.
nathan
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