Re: Is C++ really used ?

Cliff Click <cliffc@risc.sps.mot.com>
8 May 1997 21:25:21 -0400

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From: Cliff Click <cliffc@risc.sps.mot.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 8 May 1997 21:25:21 -0400
Organization: RISC Software, Motorola
References: 97-04-156 97-05-016
Keywords: C++, practice

Paulo Jose Pinto - LEI <pjmlp@students.si.fct.unl.pt> wrote:
|> Is C++ so bad for compilers? After all I'm using it and it
seems
|> that everyone else is, so why aren't the books ?


I am using C++ for compiler writing as well.


Someone noted that self-hosting with C++ is tougher, in part
because you need a C++ bootstrap compiler on each target, and
C++ compilers vary so widely.


Motorola purchased the EDG front end, so the FE is written in C. The
C++ parts have been made "clean" across a variety of compilers.
Basically, I'm writing in a portable subset of C++ : no templates, no
multiple inheritance, no exceptions.


Cliff
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