From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Brannon To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-reply-to: <880e0bdcca58d6900aa423397baa9a0b@quanstro.net> References: <880e0bdcca58d6900aa423397baa9a0b@quanstro.net> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:10:25 -0500 Message-Id: <20090326010928.STYN13097.fed1rmmtao102.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] request for more GSoC project suggestions Topicbox-Message-UUID: c5e59d48-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Erik Quanstrom wrote: > On Wed Mar 25 16:39:16 EDT 2009, cmbrannon@cox.net wrote: > > The Comeau C++ compiler [1] uses the cfront technique, doesn't it? It is > > supposed to be very standards-compliant. > > > > [1] http://www.comeaucomputing.com > > where do they claim this? i see a claim that they > accept cfront-isms, but that's a different claim. Quoting http://comeaucomputing.com/faqs/genfaq.html#ccompiler "Input C++ code is translated into internal compiler trees and symbol tables looking nothing like C++ or C. As well, it generates an internal proprietary intermediate form. But instead of using a proprietary back end code generator, Comeau C++ 4.3.3 generates C code as its output." Isn't that what cfront did, more or less? -- Chris