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| From | anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.compilers |
| Subject | Re: EDG open source C++ front end |
| Date | 2026-10-03 16:01 +0000 |
| Organization | Compilers Central |
| Message-ID | <26-10-003@comp.compilers> (permalink) |
| References | <26-10-002@comp.compilers> |
Derek M Jones <derek@knosof.co.uk> writes: >All, > >EDG have open sourced their C++ front end >https://edgcpp.org/ > >Is there a commercial market for compilers anymore? There seems to be lots of money in gcc and LLVM development, and this money comes from commercial interests, so they are commercial compilers. It's just not the classic proprietary-software business model. >Is there a future for programming languages. >Coding agents could cut out the middle man and go >direct to assembler. For now, they don't, for whatever reason. And the code they generate is stored in version control systems, not the prompts. - anton -- M. Anton Ertl anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/
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EDG open source C++ front end Derek M Jones <derek@knosof.co.uk> - 2026-10-02 23:05 +0100
Re: EDG open source C++ front end anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at - 2026-10-03 16:01 +0000
Re: EDG open source C++ front end Derek M Jones <derek@knosof.co.uk> - 2026-10-04 13:40 +0100
Re: EDG open source C++ front end anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at - 2026-10-05 17:33 +0000
Re: EDG open source C++ front end Derek M Jones <derek@knosof.co.uk> - 2026-10-06 22:00 +0100
Re: EDG open source C++ front end Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-10-05 16:55 +0000
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