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  2. From: pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley)
  3. Newsgroups: gnu.gcc.help
  4. Subject: Re: Making a C to PostScript compiler with GCC
  5. Message-ID: <C1Ks6L.14y@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 28 Jan 93 17:49:33 GMT
  7. References: <9301262119.AA29680@osnome.che.wisc.edu>
  8. Sender: cnews@dcs.ed.ac.uk (UseNet News Admin)
  9. Reply-To: pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley)
  10. Distribution: gnu
  11. Organization: Edinburgh University
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  14. Quoting epperly@osnome.che.wisc.edu (Tom Epperly) in article <9301262119.AA29680@osnome.che.wisc.edu>:
  15. >I was wondering how difficult it would be to make a C to PostScript
  16. >compiler with GCC.  Could this be done by writing a GCC machine
  17. >description file for the PostScript language?  Can someone describe if
  18. >this is feasible and how difficult it would be?
  19.  
  20. The resulting code would certainly run very, very slowly.  What is it
  21. you're trying to do?
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