A FrontEnd in C++?

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Aug 19, 2002, Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> wrote:

> Based on the number of problems we have encountered with the Ada front
> end compared to the others, I think that as a matter of project policy
> writing front ends in any language other than C should be discouraged.

I disagree.  The problems have all been caused by the front end
requiring a pre-existing, compatible build of itself to build.  Using
C++ to create a front end for any language other than C++ wouldn't
bring in any new problems.

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