[Novalug] C compilers

Bryan J Smith b.j.smith at ieee.org
Wed Mar 31 01:28:48 EDT 2010


On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 20:56 -0700, Walt Smith wrote:
> My ideal C compiler is one that does what most already do ...
> BUT -- this C would also will offer exception processing 
> ( try-catch )   without the added overhead of OOP , or to be 
> more specific, without C++ "stuff" ...
> Would the right combination of options presented to gcc
> provide the spec ?  Example ?

Just build a pre-processor then.  Without all the classes and other
components, it probably wouldn't be difficult to add the exception and
other event handling.

And although it's not C, don't forget about Objective-C.  Many people
still prefer Objective-C for such features, instead of C++.


-- 
Bryan J Smith <b.j.smith at ieee.org>




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