I think the most important things to consider when looking at porting tooling and compilers is: what problem does or solve for you? Meaning, if you don't have a c++ Plan 9 project in mind then there's no immediate need for the work.
Not that it can't help someone else in the future. But c++ programs are big and I have a feeling that modern c++ programs have give amounts of dependency and tooling that need to be ported creating a huge undertaking. On Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:43 AM Aharon Robbins <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All. > > From an article in comp.compilers: > > > EDG have open sourced their C++ front end > > https://edgcpp.org > > Doing a super fast scan on the main page at Github, it looks > like the compiler is written in C, not C++. > > Now, I know that the Plan 9 community doesn't like C++, and I > don't particularly blame them, but having a C++ compiler on > Plan 9 opens up possibilities (good or bad, you decide :-). > > If anyone's interested in getting C++ for Plan 9, this seems like > the best way to go. > > Of course, if this is not of interest, just ignore the email, > instead of flaming me. > > Thanks, > > Arnold ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T70d241b9b859e774-M15c39f101599a27978ab0668 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
