Re: Question about C++ precompiling into C-code...

jodle@bix.com (jodle)
2 Nov 1997 23:11:14 -0500

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From: jodle@bix.com (jodle)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 2 Nov 1997 23:11:14 -0500
Organization: BIX
References: 97-10-148
Keywords: C, C++

Pieter Biemond (rcbapdb@urc.tue.nl) wrote:
: In an article of 1989 I have read the following:


: Object-oriented languages lik C++ and Eiffel usually do not
: translate directly into machine language, but use a precompiler to
: translate into C.


C++ compilers that do this are now in the minority. Your citation is
almost 10 years old. Today, I think Comeau's compiler still compiles
to C code. SAS C++ does too, but is so hopelessly out-of-date that
it's hardly worth the trouble. It doesn't support templates,
exception handling or namespaces.


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