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ynik04/24/20251 replyview on HN

Are there any embedded compilers left that try to implement their own C++ frontend? To me it looks like everyone gave up on that and uses the clang/gcc/EDG frontends.


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pjmlp04/24/2025

Yes, and even those that have compiler forks aren't on vLatest.

Interesting you mention EDG, as it is now famously know as being the root cause why Visual Studio development experience lags behind cl.exe, pointing out errors that compile just fine, especially if using anything related to C++20 modules.

Apparently since the modules support introduced in VS 2019, there have been other priorities on their roadmap.