How do you write a front end for GCC?

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From: Richard Stallman
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1993 15:27

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Front ends for GCC need to generate the same "tree" data structure
that the C front end produces.  There is no manual for the tree data
structure, only the comments in tree.def and tree.h.  It would be good
to have such a manual, but it would only help a few people, so it
isn't high priority for me to work on.

If you want to write a front end, I suggest you read the C front end
and see how it does things.  Anyone capable of writing a front end for
a nontrivial language, can surely read the C front end.

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