Re: c++ to c translator

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From: David Sachs
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 20:27

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jsdy@cais2.cais.com (Joseph S. D. Yao) writes:

>In article <44770o$rlg@news.netvoyage.net>,
>Dong Kim <dhkim@digital.netvoyage.net> wrote:
>>I was wondering if anyone in this group has any info on C++ to C translator
>>that was used when there were no C++ compiler available.

>This is exactly what the original AT&T C++ translator was.  The AT&T
>C++ may still do this: I haven't used it in years, I'm afraid.

This may have been the case with very old versions of CFRONT, but
all recent versions require an extra post (C) compilation pass to
process certain C++ features that cannot be properly translated at
the program unit level.
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Date: 29 Sep 1995 15:27:41 -0500
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