In his Code Talk column entitled "ANSI C Anywhere" (June), Rick Grehan wrote of how difficult it is to port the GNU C/C++ compiler and how easy it is to create a new C compiler using a different set of tools. GNU C/C++ is just like those other tools, requiring a target machine file and machine description file. I was able to have a bug-free GNU compiler for the Hitachi-HD16 processor in four days. And the GNU C/C++ outperforms most optimizing compilers.
Kerwin F. Medina
via e-mail
I personally found the GNU documentation difficult to follow. It could have improved since I saw it; it could also be that I simply didn't have the mental horsepower necessary. In any case, I am happy to hear that you had such an easy time of it. I applaud the entire concept behind GNU products.
-- Rick Grehan, senior technical editor,
rick_g@bix.com
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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