I'm trying to find out what the difference between front end and back end compilers are! Additionally, which category does DMC++ fall into?

Andrew

DMC++ is both a front end and a back end.

"Andrew Edwards" <crxace13@comcast.net> wrote in message news:afek69$pk2$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I'm trying to find out what the difference between front end and back end compilers are! Additionally, which category does DMC++ fall into?
>
> Andrew
>

Hey Walter,
Welcome back.  Thanks, I thought no one was going to answer me for a second
there.  What do you know about a product called Comeau C++? What
improvements, if any, would it provide for DMC++. Is it something that you
would recommend to a student learner?

Thanks.
Andrew

"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message
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| DMC++ is both a front end and a back end.
|
| "Andrew Edwards" <crxace13@comcast.net> wrote in message
| news:afek69$pk2$1@digitaldaemon.com...
| > I'm trying to find out what the difference between front end and back
end
| > compilers are! Additionally, which category does DMC++ fall into?
| >
| > Andrew
| >
|
|

"Andrew Edwards" <crxace13@comcast.net> wrote in message news:afr3es$jrs$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Hey Walter,
> Welcome back.  Thanks, I thought no one was going to answer me for a
second
> there.  What do you know about a product called Comeau C++? What improvements, if any, would it provide for DMC++. Is it something that you would recommend to a student learner?

Comeau C++ translates C++ code into C code, and there is a version of it tuned to use DMC as a C compiler for the output. For what C++ features it supports, I'll leave that to Greg Comeau to tell you!

-Walter

P.S. Greg is a great guy.

Good to go...I already had a chat with Greg...
Form what he has passed on to me and testing the beta on his website...I am
very impressed with the product.  But I'm new at this and just wanted a
second opinion from someone that I had spoken to before and that had a lot
more experience than I.

Thanks again.
Andrew


"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message
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|
| "Andrew Edwards" <crxace13@comcast.net> wrote in message
| news:afr3es$jrs$1@digitaldaemon.com...
| > Hey Walter,
| > Welcome back.  Thanks, I thought no one was going to answer me for a
| second
| > there.  What do you know about a product called Comeau C++? What
| > improvements, if any, would it provide for DMC++. Is it something that
you
| > would recommend to a student learner?
|
| Comeau C++ translates C++ code into C code, and there is a version of it
| tuned to use DMC as a C compiler for the output. For what C++ features it
| supports, I'll leave that to Greg Comeau to tell you!
|
| -Walter
|
| P.S. Greg is a great guy.
|
|

Unfortunately for me, I can't find a solution from Comeau
because Greg insists that my embedded microcontroller (8051)
which is Intel-ish is not usable with Comeau's C++ -> C translator.

Therefore I am still looking for a reasonable solution.

"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:afr58m$lk2$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>
> "Andrew Edwards" <crxace13@comcast.net> wrote in message news:afr3es$jrs$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > Hey Walter,
> > Welcome back.  Thanks, I thought no one was going to answer me for a
> second
> > there.  What do you know about a product called Comeau C++? What improvements, if any, would it provide for DMC++. Is it something that
you
> > would recommend to a student learner?
>
> Comeau C++ translates C++ code into C code, and there is a version of it tuned to use DMC as a C compiler for the output. For what C++ features it supports, I'll leave that to Greg Comeau to tell you!
>
> -Walter
>
> P.S. Greg is a great guy.
>
>