From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:53:13 +0000 From: Greg Comeau Message-ID: References: <5d375e920802040312y3b8129aevd76109aad2c56acc@mail.gmail.com>, Subject: Re: [9fans] A newbie question... Topicbox-Message-UUID: 48c5988c-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 In article , Filipp Andronov <9fans@cse.psu.edu> wrote: >Hmmm, may i ask a very stupid question? :) >I have working with GCC C++ compiler and MS C++ compiler, and i >suppose that there are another compilers in the world... > >But i don't known any other free compiler (yeah, MS compiler is not >free, but in russia all MS software IS free :D). So question is, if we >couldn't port GCC because it very big job (any other reason?), maybe >we could port some other compiler with liberal enough licence? That's part of what Steve was saying. And my question remains about gcc, either there is or there isn't a port for Plan 9, but it seems clear to me that there is one, so why do people keep saying not? Or is it that for some reason on the C language part is operational? >I'm asking because C++ is very popular language, it have some nice >benefits (is that word right here?), and there are many software that >was developed on it. >Of course C++ could be very ugly in some situations, but Object >Oriented model is very powerful and C++ is "standard" language for it. >So modern operation system with out C++ support is something...unusual >(i don't know right word in english, that describe what i want to say >:D)? Every language has problems. Anyway, there should be no inherent technical gotchas with C++ and Plan 9 that I know of, that is, as compared with any other feasible/reasonable/etc OS. >2008/2/4, Uriel : >> And when you thought it couldn't get better, from the top of >> http://www.comeaucomputing.com >> >> "Bursting With So Much Language Support It Hurts!" >> >> Most fortune-worthy line ever. >> >> uriel >> >> On Feb 4, 2008 12:52 PM, wrote: >> > > because something had to be used to compile Plan 9 itself, etc and I >> > figure it's not being done as a cross-compiler. >> > >> > I'm sorry my new friend but I think that's the funniest 9fans post I've >> > ever seen, how ... but .... surely you ..... aw come on >> > >> > To redeem myself I shall offer this link to one of the other C compilers >> > that exist in the world : >> > http://plan9.bell-labs.com/magic/man2html/1/2c >> > >> > >> -- 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?