From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:21:02 +0000 From: Greg Comeau Message-ID: References: <942D796B-FE26-43C3-A818-F5797DCB7CD4@mac.com>, <824de59a4b242b73662cf1ae2b2cbcc2@quintile.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] A newbie question... Topicbox-Message-UUID: 432eea9a-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 In article <824de59a4b242b73662cf1ae2b2cbcc2@quintile.net>, Steve Simon <9fans@cse.psu.edu> wrote: >> - is there a C++ compiler? Any plans for it? >... >Getting g++ to work would be the best way to get a modern >C++ compiler on plan9 for free. > >If you have money the Comeau computing supply both a portable >compiler and a GCC compliant C++ to C translator (both based >on the EDG front-end), however there is no plan9 port, yet. > > http://www.comeaucomputing.com/ > http://www.edg.com/ We would love to be able to do such a port. However, as you mentioned, it's an economic problem rather than a technical one. As a point of clarification, we could provide a full port of Comeau C++ which uses gcc (assuming one comes with it and/or is available for it). Although I keep hearing different stories about the gcc availble for Plan 9 (it makes little sense to me to hear "it does not work" because something had to be used to compile Plan 9 itself, etc and I figure it's not being done as a cross-compiler). -- Greg Comeau / 4.3.9 with C++0xisms now in beta! Comeau C/C++ ONLINE ==> http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout World Class Compilers: Breathtaking C++, Amazing C99, Fabulous C90. Comeau C/C++ with Dinkumware's Libraries... Have you tried it?