On 13 Oct 2009 09:58:31 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >My meager understanding of compiling is that it is a multi-phase process >internally. code generation is the second last phase. the last phase >being reporting, i.e. the listing etc. > >One would not want to generate C but whatever the stuff is that C produces >in its parse+ portion, before it does code generation. > >I have seen on this list comments that PL/I and C share part of the code >generation. why not add Cobol to the mix? It is a less rich language >than either C or PL/I.
I will almost guarantee that COBOL has constructs that C/C++ doesn't plus depending on the C/C++, decimal data types PL1 may still effectively be a superset of COBOL > >> rest snipped ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
