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Re: C is often used as an "implementation language" for other languages. (Was: An enhancement)

From David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: C is often used as an "implementation language" for other languages. (Was: An enhancement)
Date 2018-10-09 16:51 +0200
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 09/10/18 15:13, Kenny McCormack wrote:
> In article <r5iu8f-0qq.ln1@gangtai.home.grep.be>,
> Wouter Verhelst  <w@uter.be> wrote:
>> On 10/9/18 2:22 AM, David Kleinecke wrote:
>>> Since I am writing a compiler an enhancement is easy.
>>
>> What is it with all the people who are "writing a compiler" in this group?
>>
>> This is comp.lang.C, not comp.lang.my-fantasy-language-based-on-C
> 
> Keep in mind that the need to support other languages has driven a lot of
> gcc's development.  I.e., extensions are added to gcc so that gcc can be
> used to implement compilers for other languages.
> 
> Example: &label syntax in GCC-C makes implementing Fortran easier.
> 

And local functions were implemented for Ada (and perhaps Pascal and
Modula-2).  gcc itself supports several languages - the C part is just
one front-end out of a half-dozen mainline gcc languages.  Some of these
extra features - like local functions - have been implemented as
extensions in the C front end.

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An enhancement David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 15:44 -0700
  Re: An enhancement Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-09 11:48 +1300
    Re: An enhancement Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 23:16 +0000
  Re: An enhancement Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-10-09 00:30 +0100
    Re: An enhancement David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 17:24 -0700
      Re: An enhancement Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-10-09 02:12 +0100
        Re: An enhancement David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 22:42 -0700
          Re: An enhancement Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-10-09 14:41 +0100
        Re: An enhancement David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-10-09 11:15 +0200
          Re: An enhancement Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-10-09 16:09 +0100
            GCC nested functions: deprecated? (Was: An enhancement) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2018-10-09 15:36 +0000
            Re: An enhancement David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-10-09 21:01 +0200
        Re: An enhancement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-10-09 11:43 +0100
          Re: An enhancement already5chosen@yahoo.com - 2018-10-09 04:08 -0700
            Re: An enhancement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-10-09 12:29 +0100
  Re: An enhancement Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 23:37 +0000
    Re: An enhancement David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 17:22 -0700
      Re: An enhancement Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-09 13:30 +1300
      Re: An enhancement Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 05:23 +0000
        Re: An enhancement David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 22:50 -0700
        Re: An enhancement Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-10-09 08:28 -0400
      Re: An enhancement Wouter Verhelst <w@uter.be> - 2018-10-09 14:05 +0200
        C is often used as an "implementation language" for other languages.  (Was: An enhancement) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2018-10-09 13:13 +0000
          Re: C is often used as an "implementation language" for other languages.  (Was: An enhancement) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-10-09 16:51 +0200
        Re: An enhancement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-10-09 14:17 +0100
      Re: An enhancement Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 05:20 -0700
        Re: An enhancement David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 11:33 -0700
          Re: An enhancement Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 13:41 -0700
    Re: An enhancement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-10-09 12:35 +0100
  Re: An enhancement Wouter Verhelst <w@uter.be> - 2018-10-09 14:04 +0200
    Re: An enhancement Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2018-10-09 12:29 +0000
      Re: An enhancement Wouter Verhelst <w@uter.be> - 2018-10-09 19:50 +0200
      Re: An enhancement queequeg@trust.no1 (Queequeg) - 2018-10-15 09:19 +0000
        Re: An enhancement already5chosen@yahoo.com - 2018-10-15 03:07 -0700
          Re: An enhancement Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-15 23:18 +1300
            Re: An enhancement already5chosen@yahoo.com - 2018-10-15 03:39 -0700
              Re: An enhancement David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-10-15 13:03 +0200
                Re: An enhancement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-10-15 12:15 +0100
                Re: An enhancement Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-10-15 05:20 -0700
                Re: An enhancement Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-10-15 15:39 +0100
                Re: An enhancement David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-10-15 14:36 +0200
                Re: An enhancement Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-10-15 05:59 -0700
                Re: An enhancement David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-10-15 15:08 +0200
                Re: An enhancement Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-10-15 07:25 -0700
                Re: An enhancement Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-10-15 15:44 +0100
                Re: An enhancement David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2018-10-15 19:02 -0700
                Re: An enhancement Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2018-10-16 05:55 +0000
                Re: An enhancement jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu - 2018-10-16 05:37 -0700
                Re: An enhancement Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-10-16 15:11 +0100
                Re: An enhancement David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2018-10-16 13:33 -0700
                Re: An enhancement David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2018-10-16 21:27 -0700
                Re: An enhancement Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-10-16 14:57 +0100
                Re: An enhancement scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-10-16 14:24 +0000
                Re: An enhancement mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2018-10-16 07:28 -0700
                Re: An enhancement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-10-16 15:25 +0100
            Re: An enhancement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-10-15 11:44 +0100
              Re: An enhancement David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-10-15 13:08 +0200
          Re: An enhancement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-10-15 11:22 +0100
            Re: An enhancement David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-10-15 13:01 +0200
              Re: An enhancement Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> - 2018-10-15 14:43 +0000

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