C as target platform?

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 09:03:05AM +0200, Helmut Zeisel wrote:
> Could C (or even KR-C) as a supported target platform solve
> many of the problems with respect to a front-end
> written in C++ or any other language?
> 
> In that case, one would have not only a Fortran to C
> (similar to the existing F2C), but also an ADA2C, C++2C etc.
> 
> For bootstrapping (and maybe for the distribution) of GCC,
> one could use the C-"compiled" version of GCC,
> although the real source is written in some other language.

Code to compile to C has been repeatedly declined, at RMS's request. 
It makes using GCC as a frontend for a proprietary compiler too
attractive.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer