From:	"Christopher Nelson" <paradox AT gye DOT satnet DOT net>
To:	<djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Generate c code from c++?
Date:	Wed, 7 Apr 1999 14:57:28 -0600
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>Hi, does anyone know how to use djgpp or other tools to
>generate c code from c++ code?


1st, why would you want to? (C++ is nearly as fast, more flexible, and
usually better for the projects that it's written for than equivalent C
code.)

Secondly, I've never heard of one.  The point of C++ is it's OOP algorithm
and paradigm.  To translate it to C is usually a large, difficult, and
MANUAL procedure.  There's really no way to accurately translate all C++
programs to C.

There is one caveat to this situation:  if the C++ program doesn't take
advantage of classes, it's usually trivial to translate it.  Of course, then
it's not really C++, just C being compiled by the C++ compiler.

    -={C}=-

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