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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:04:03 -0700
Subject: Re: Python Front-end to GCC
From: Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com>
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> No its not like those 'compilers' i dont really agree with a compiler gen=
erating C/C++ and saying its producing native code. I dont really believe i=
ts truely within the statement. Compilers that do that tend to put in alot =
of type saftey code and debugging internals at a high level to get things w=
orking in other projects i am not saying python compilers here i havent ana=
lysed enough to say this.

Hmm, well what I'd personally find interesting from a computer science
point of view is a app that will take a language specification in BNF
(complete with keywords and all) and output C code which is then
compiled to an executable as normal.  This is how a front-end should
be designed.  A middle-layer for translating common language elements
like lists, sets, etc, could make it easy.

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MarkJ
Tacoma, Washington