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From: tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (Kenneth Jamieson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: REVIEW:  Comeau C++ compiler
Keywords: programming, language, C++, compiler
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Date: 16 Apr 91 03:22:00 GMT
References: <1991Apr10.051104.25326@menudo.uh.edu> <36748@ditka.Chicago.COM> <1991Apr15.170545.14190@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
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In article <1991Apr15.170545.14190@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> jdickson@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Dickson) writes:
>	I am confused. Does the C++ compiler rewrite your C++ source code into
>plain'ol C and use your old 'C' compiler to compile it or is it that it was too
>costly (whatever) to include your own includes? I don't understand how any
>idiosyncrasies could crop up if your old compiler is not being used.

	The "official" AT&T Cfront program is what defines the C++
standard. That program takes C++ and generates C.


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