gcc-in-cxx branch created

[Bruno Haible]

Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> Whether we use C or C++, we need to try to ensure that interfaces are
> easy to understand, that the code is reasonably modular, that the
> internal documentation corresponds to the code, that it is possible
> for new developers to write new passes and to fix bugs.

Fully agreed.

> it is possible for most compiler developers to use the vec.h routines
> without understanding how they actually work.

Understood.

What is the level of C++ that "new developers" need to master, in order to
understand the code in general and to fix bugs in average areas?

Bruno