From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: C++ bashing (was Re: Vendor bashing? Sort of.)
Date: 20 Sep 1994 17:51:39 -0400
Date: 1994-09-20T17:51:39-04:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <35nlhb$6u0@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 35mpqnINNi2e@marble.summit.novell.com
I would not quite put C-Front in the same category as GNAT. The big difference
is whether you are generating source code as an intermediate step. The
wword preprocessor is normally reserved for translator systems that do
generate intermediate source. In no sense whatever does GNAT generate C,
it links directly to the GCC backend, and by no stretch of the imagination
can GNAT be called a preprocessor (if GNAT is a preprocessor, so are all
the front ends of GCC, including C itself).
Now of course ideally, if the intermediate source code is 100% hidden from
the user, then it is not so important a distinction, however, it can
certainly effect efficiency (there is no efficient way of handling Ada OR
C++ exceptions if you have to generate C source code).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1994-09-20 21:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1994-09-08 13:53 Air Force shows how meaningless Ada waiver process is Rhoda Metzger
1994-09-08 17:36 ` John R. Cobarruvias
1994-09-08 19:14 ` Greg Annoyingme gets tricky (was: Re: Air Force shows how meaningless Ada waiver process is) Ted Dennison
1994-09-08 20:16 ` John R. Cobarruvias
1994-09-13 9:46 ` Air Force shows how meaningless Ada waiver process is Richard A. O'Keefe
1994-09-13 16:14 ` Michael Feldman
1994-09-13 20:14 ` Robert Dewar
1994-09-14 2:46 ` Vendor bashing? Sort of Michael Feldman
1994-09-14 13:17 ` Mitch Gart
1994-09-15 13:28 ` Robert Dewar
1994-09-16 15:26 ` Michael Feldman
1994-09-16 1:56 ` Michael Feldman
1994-09-16 14:16 ` Gregory Aharonian
1994-09-16 18:23 ` Quo Vadis Ada Market?(was Re: Vendor bashing? Sort of.) david.c.willett
1994-09-17 0:11 ` Vendor bashing? Sort of Robert Dewar
1994-09-18 14:02 ` Gregory Aharonian
1994-09-19 15:20 ` david.c.willett
1994-09-19 17:11 ` Kent Mitchell
1994-09-19 11:48 ` Ted Dennison
1994-09-19 19:16 ` Kent Mitchell
1994-09-27 4:26 ` Michael Feldman
1994-09-27 16:38 ` Kent Mitchell
1994-09-14 14:30 ` Mike Ryer
1994-09-15 13:30 ` Robert Dewar
1994-09-19 2:19 ` Michael Feldman
1994-09-19 3:52 ` Robert Dewar
1994-09-22 16:43 ` Michael Feldman
1994-09-22 22:11 ` Richard Kenner
[not found] ` <35svf1$77i@cmcl2.nyu.edu>
1994-09-27 4:19 ` Michael Feldman
1994-09-27 14:35 ` M3 Network Objects (Formerly: bashing? Sort of.) Anthony Gargaro
1994-09-19 19:20 ` Vendor bashing? Sort of Erik Naggum
1994-09-20 13:58 ` C++ bashing (was Re: Vendor bashing? Sort of.) -mlc-+Schilling J.
1994-09-20 21:51 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1994-09-24 18:53 ` Fred McCall
1994-10-04 16:03 ` -mlc-+Schilling J.
1994-10-04 18:44 ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-05 14:24 ` -mlc-+Schilling J.
1994-09-14 13:49 ` Air Force shows how meaningless Ada waiver process is Christopher Costello
1994-09-17 12:40 ` Fred McCall
1994-09-22 17:15 ` Was... Air Force shows... Now... Vendor Bashing Chris Eveleigh
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