GNAT is a compiler, too
Toshitaka Kumano
kumano@cl.cilas.net
Sun Mar 31 13:33:00 GMT 2002
Bruce Korb wrote:
>
> > I find incidentally that
> > http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/G---and-GCC.html#G++%20and%20GCC says,
> >
> > G++ is a compiler, not merely a preprocessor. G++ builds object
> > code directly from your C++ program source. There is no
> > intermediate C version of the program.
>
> This is an artifact of the original C++ implementation was CFront,
> a front end to C. It was horrible and lived on for 15 years.
> ADA has always been a compiled language.
Do you mean the paragraph, a special mention for C++, should be removed
?
If so, I can agree.
--
Toshitaka Kumano
P.S.
Sorry. My original post didn't have Reply-to.
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