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Re: Converting GCC to compilation with C++
Matt Austern wrote:
But again, this strikes me as a fairly academic issue. Irrespective of
technical merit, I don't see a switch to C++ (or Java, or ML, or
whatever) happening any time soon.
Hmmm! What if someone came up with a really excellent optional
optimization pass written in clear C++ (or even Ada for that
matter :-)? If people agreed that it was useful and readable
and maintainable, I could see such a component entering the
system.