Re: Porting Cfront to Linux

From: Greg Comeau (comeau_at_panix.com)
Date: 09/20/05 

Date: 20 Sep 2005 16:14:27 -0400

In article <pqYXe.7169$0u2.1053444@news20.bellglobal.com>,
Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org> wrote:
>> napi@axiomsol.com,
>> In a message on 19 Sep 2005 22:04:17 -0700, wrote :
>> n> John writes:
>> n> >I suppose someone may have long ago. >Have you asked Google about it?
>> n>
>> n> I Googled but found nothing. I need to use
>> n> Cfront to convert C++ source into C source.
>> n> This C source is then fed to a C compiler
>> n> for a non-common platform. Have you any
>> n> tips? Thanks.
>>
>> "Non-common platform". If it is a 32-bit or 64-bit processor, Gcc/G++
>> probably supports it (or can be made to support it -- gcc can be made
>> to support a new platform fairly easily, so long as the target
>> processor is already supported). I believe gcc/g++ already supports
>> all 32 and 64 bit processors currently in production as well as a bunch
>> of 'obsolete' (out of production) processor types. What platform,
>> exactly?
>
>If there's some *real* reason for wanting this sort of thing, it's
>probably better to look into Greg Comeau's C++ compiler:
><http://www.comeaucomputing.com/>

I agree... of course :)

>That uses a similar model to CFront, with the merit that it conforms
>to more modern standards...

Either way, we're the answer :) Especially if C99, C++, C90,
and "wierd stuff" is involved. 

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