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

Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@aol.com>
Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:10:19 +0100

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From: Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@aol.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:10:19 +0100
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 08-10-049 08-10-050 08-10-058
Keywords: practice, C
Posted-Date: 01 Nov 2008 08:21:59 EDT

Marco van de Voort schrieb:


>> 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)


Even a cross compiler must be compiled, it doesn't come out of thin air ;-)


With regards to FreePascal, I couldn't install or create it on an older
Linux system, due to unresolvable dependencies in the distribution kit.


DoDi


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