C++ to bytecode?

Tue Jun 25 09:52:00 GMT 2002

> No. The problem is that the semantics of Java an C++ are really quite
> different, and without a good deal of work it wouldn't be possible to
> generate bytecode in this way. Also, many of the tricks that C
> programmers commonly use to override the type system wouldn't work.

Ah yes, sorry, I know that there are lots of issues lurking but let's say I
had written a whitepaper about how to deal with the semantic differences
and was prepared to implement them in the code generator and runtime? (or
pay someone to do it if I didn't do it myself.)
Is the current bytecode backend implemented at all like a standard backend
to gcc? I don't have a feel for how much if any of the front end and
backends are shared with the other gcc components and I guess that's what
I'm trying to get a feel for.
Thanks,
	Dale
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Dale E. Martin, Clifton Labs, Inc.
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