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- From: dal@mdavcr.mda.ca (Dale Lutz)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: c++ tool called cback??
- Message-ID: <3989@mdavcr.mda.ca>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 17:09:51 GMT
- References: <1993Jan26.215741.9276@actel.com>
- Organization: MacDonald Dettwiler, 13800 Commerce Parkway, Richmond, BC, Canada V6V 2J3
- Lines: 47
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- cback is a companion product to cfront based C++ translators. It
- processes the C code that cfront outputs and makes it easier to read,
- smaller, and faster.
-
- Normally, when you compile in a cfront based C++ system, the following
- flow happens:
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- C++ code ---> cfront ---> C code ---> C compiler ---> object code
-
- With cback, the flow is:
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- C++ code ---> cfront ---> C code ---> cback ---> smaller C code
- ---> C compiler ---> object code
-
-
- We have used it quite a bit and have seen miraculous results.
- With the OI libraries, the object files were reduced from
- 500k to 20k. On another system we saw an average reduction in object
- file size of 50%. Link times were reduced accordingly, as were executable
- sizes.
-
- Overall, this product is a must have. I think it is around $800 per
- floating license.
-
- Contact:
-
- NewCode Technology Incorporated
- 200 Boston Avenue
- Medford, MA 02155
- Tel: (617) 396-3009
- Fax: (617) 395-9452
- internet: zeev%cybvax0@uunet.uu.net
-
- (They also make a relatively expense malloc library that
- supposedly gives much increased performance to C++ programs. We
- plan to evaluate this soon.)
-
-
- NOTE: All opinions are my own and I have no stake whatsoever in NewCode.
- They just make a great product I want others to benefit from.
-
- Dale
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- Dale Lutz - MacDonald Dettwiler Richmond, BC, CANADA - dal@mda.ca
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