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From: Jorden M <jrm8005@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:30:56 -0400
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On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 4:52 AM,  <lucio@proxima.alt.za> wrote:
>> I had the thought "why not write a C++ to C converter"
>
> CFront was the original front end and it has been enhanced somewhat
> since its early days. =A0But I believe it isn't likely to support all of
> G++'s features. =A0You'll find it on sources:
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0/n/sources/steve/cfront/
>
> Of course, one could try to persuade C++ developers not to exceed
> CFront's capabilities, but unfortunately, those are not the ways of
> the world.
>

But we need lambda to compete with Ruby, Python, and everyone else!

Oh, and `concepts' to fix the busted generics!