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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.

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  1. Compiler bootstrapping? by Ynot_82 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How will this affect bootstrapping the GCC on bare systems?

    Been a while since I've delved into LFS or the like, but I'd think GCC being C++ based would seriously complicate things as it's now got more dependencies.