Talk:Cfront
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[edit] Cfront isn't a language
No, no, no.
Cfront isn't a language. Cfront was (still is?) a C++ compiler. It was implemented as a pre-processor that converted C++ to C. It was written in C++. (unsigned comment by 137.205.8.4)
- Feel free to dive in and corrent the article itself, anonymous visitor :-) -- Tarquin 11:38 Jan 22, 2003 (UTC)
[edit] written in C++?!
I doubt Cfront was written in C++. How would it have been compiled? (unsigned comment by 164.107.199.102)
- gcc is written in C and compiles itself. Similarly, it is entirely possible that Cfront bootstraps itself. --Yamla 16:31, 2005 Mar 30 (UTC)
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- The article claims it was the first C++ compiler therefore if it was initially written in C++ it could not have been compiled. I'd guess the very first versions were written in C and then changed to C++ as soon as cfront became usable. Plugwash 00:08, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
As I understand, a super simple preprocessor converted the first c++ into c. CFront was then written using that preprocessor.70.71.145.81 04:52, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Availibility
Is cfront freely available on the net? (unsigned comment by 64.40.48.243)
