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- From: tpa10@snappy-tom.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Thomas P. Anderson)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Subject: Re: GCC etc
- Message-ID: <daJv02sk2fu701@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 16:43:17 GMT
- References: <9212041837.AA14814@PCS.CNU.EDU> <1992Dec4.205633.26313@csx.cciw.ca> <d4G502.Y2dM.01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <BzIovC.I4K@well.sf.ca.us>
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- In article <BzIovC.I4K@well.sf.ca.us>, comeau@csanta.attmail.com (Greg Comeau) writes:
- |> In article <d4G502.Y2dM.01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> tpa10@snappy-tom.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Thomas P. Anderson) writes:
- |> >|> The only code I cannot port today is stuff written in C++, since I don't
- |> >|> have a C++ compiler. Converting C++ to C is more work than I am up to!
- |> >|> Especially since I only have a few programs written in C++ for the public
- |> >|> domain.
- |> >
- |> >How about it guys and gals? Lets leave the COMPILER writing to the gang at
- |> >MWC (it's what THEY do best!).
- |>
- |> How so?
-
- Back in the "good old days" (before ANSI), MWC sold what some considered to be
- the best C compiler for the IBM/MS DOS environment. It was FAST, RELIABLE, and
- CHEAP!!
-
- |>
- |> > Why saddle ourselves with a compiler that has
- |> >to bow and scrape to the idol of portability? The vendor knows his environment
- |> >and how to optomize for it. The people at MWC could, i'm sure, build an ANSI
- |> >compliant compiler that would run rings around GCC. In the meantime why don't
- |> >we do something productive, like build a CFRONT that spits out code to use the
- |> >existing cc on Coherent?
- |>
- |> That's exactly what Comeau C++ 3.0 With Templates does (that is, we are
- |> literally based upon AT&T USL cfront).
-
- Great! How much and where do I sign up??
-
- |>
- |> > Who knows, if we build it correctly, it may even work with 3.x
- |>
- |> We looked at that and although "nothing is impossible" it was tremendously
- |> impractical.
-
- Of course it would be impractical for a commercial enterprise, I only suggested
- in response to someone asking what "we" (the user community) could work on as a
- joint project. There are those who are willing to build something like this
- "just for the hell of it". Of course, for serious work, it would be ideal to
- have a commercially supported product with support etc.
-
- |>
- |> - Greg
- |> --
- |> Comeau Computing, 91-34 120th Street, Richmond Hill, NY, 11418
- |> Producers of Comeau C++ 3.0 With Templates
- |> Here:attmail.com!csanta!comeau / BIX:comeau / CIS:72331,3421
- |> Voice:718-945-0009 / Fax:718-441-2310 / Prodigy: tshp50a
-
- --
-
- Tom Anderson | Ex ignorantia ad sapientiam
- Compatibility Software Products | e tenebras ad luce!
- tpa10@css.amdahl.com x63115 | - someone famous, i'm sure!
-