Re: Writing a C++ compiler in C++

Marco van de Voort <marcov@stack.nl>
Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:33:05 +0000 (UTC)

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From: Marco van de Voort <marcov@stack.nl>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:33:05 +0000 (UTC)
Organization: Stack Usenet News Service
References: 08-10-049 08-10-050
Keywords: practice
Posted-Date: 31 Oct 2008 10:16:39 EDT

On 2008-10-28, Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Most C++ compilers are based on C, because it's hard enough to make C
> programs run on multiple platforms. Using C++ will increase that
> incompatibility again.
>
> AFAIK gcc will be compiled three times, until the compiler is usable on
> a different platform. The bootstrap process uses the C compiler of the
> platform for the first compilation, then the created compiler to compile
> itself in a restricted version, and that compiler to produce the final
> version. Unless you restrict your project to compile with one specific
> C++ compiler, you'll have to bootstrap your compiler in a similar way.


(an alternate to dump such bootstrap strategy, and aim more for
crosscompiling)


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