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pjmlptoday at 5:04 PM1 replyview on HN

Like implementing the compilers used by C devs.


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ueckertoday at 8:59 PM

GCC was implemented in C and there are plenty of other C compilers written in C. GCC has been converted to C++ at some point, but large parts are still essentially C and I do not think the change to C++ was actually helpful (but others may disagree). In any case, the idea that one needs C++ to have C compilers is certainly simply wrong.

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