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GCC Switches From C to C++

Posted by Unknown on from the break-out-your-pitchforks dept.

According to a post on the GNU Compiler Collection list, GCC is now built as a C++ program by default. This is the fruition of much effort, and the goal now is to clean up the GCC internals that are reportedly pretty type-unsafe by rewriting them using C++ classes and templates.

2 of 406 comments (clear)

  1. C++ is Dead, Long Live Java by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    C++ is as good as dead.

    Everything should be written in java, since this would give a huge speed increase.

    For even more speed, programs could be run on a java interpreter, running on a java interpreter written in java.

    Think of the raw speed!

  2. Re:Major *nix app using C++ by formfeed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linus must be screaming inside.

    Linus never allows his screaming to stay on the inside