From 2029201350156496661 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d733139e7969f81d X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: f78e5,d733139e7969f81d X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-03 04:20:41 PST Newsgroups: comp.std.c++,comp.lang.c++ Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!ub4b!imec.be!buytaert From: buytaert@imec.be (Steven Buytaert) Subject: Re: How relevant is ANSI C++? (Re: Is STL a good standard?) Message-ID: <1994Oct3.110638.12211@imec.be> Followup-To: comp.std.c++,comp.lang.c++ Sender: news@imec.be (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: galaxa Organization: IMEC ,Interuniversitair Micro Electronica Centrum, Belgium X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] References: <36c5vn$9b8@serveur.cribx1.u-bordeaux.fr> Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 11:06:38 GMT Lines: 31 Xref: bga.com comp.std.c++:4732 comp.lang.c++:31433 Alain MINIUSSI (miniussi@labri.u-bordeaux.fr) wrote: [ talking about g++ and the people who programed it ] : It's due primarily to the fact that the people who produce these compilers : should learn how to code. I wanted to throw in my little voice here. Since some time, I've been studying the g++ compiler. That's already 1 point, you *CAN* if you like. Secondly, it isn't trivial, as is with any program that exists for years (pre ANSI era) already and that has started as a compiler that should be able to implement any language on any machine (I know, what you are thinking now...); though, I find the principle behind the gcc/g++/... compiler (tree structures, RTL, ...) a very flexible (and again, therefore *NOT* trivial) approach. Given some more docs on the frontend of the compiler design (then what exists already) and enough study of the source should be enough to implement what you need, within reason. In short, thank God for gcc/g++. If you don't like them, don't use them. Stef -- Steven Buytaert WORK buytaert@imec.be HOME buytaert@innet.be 'Imagination is more important than knowledge.' (A. Einstein)