From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: interpreting C ???
Date: 6 Mar 2001 20:30:22 GMT
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Kai Dietrich <toepferei DOT dietrich AT t-online DOT de> wrote:
> Hi!

> Is there a QBasic like interpreter for the C (C++?) language written
> with GCC aviable (with sourcecode)? If not, do you think it is possible
> to write one (I'm thinking heavily about this and I already had some
> ideas how to realize it)?

Writing a C interpreter is one of the longest standing open projects
listed by the GNU project, on their website. AFAIK, no progress has
been achieved in a long while. 

By nature, C is not a very interpreter-friendly language. Elements
that cause this include the preprocessor, complicated data structures,
and recursive function calls.  If you really want to dig into this,
I'd recommend a text book on compiler construction and the
comp.compilers newsgroup (they deal with interpreters, too, despite of
the name).
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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