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In article <0095FADB.C59759A0.22107@esseX.stfx.ca> andrea@ESSEX.STFX.CA (John Andrea) writes:

>   The OO language from Bertrand Meyer called Eiffel uses C as a glorified
>   assembler.

The freely available Modula 3 compiler from DEC SRC does produce
intermediate C code. It works well but this makes the executables (and the
debugging information) a bit larger than they should. It also makes
debugging a bit more difficult. This version will remain useful for
producing C code but upcoming versions (from DEC SRC as well as from GNU
gm3) will be native compilers.

In the coming years, the pressure for everyone to use the same language (C)
for portability may diminish. Indeed, most UNIX sites have the GNU tools 
installed and thus any program compatible with one of the GNU front ends 
for gcc will be as portable as gcc itself (which even runs on 386 DOS!);
you insure that the GNU tools are installed and type "make install".
Whether it is in C, C++ or Modula 3 will not matter too much as long as it
builds without problem.
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