On 2008-07-23, mk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Actually, all of the compilers I'm familiar with (gcc and a >> handful of cross compilers for various microprocessors) >> translate from high-level languages (e.g. C, C++) into >> assembly, which is then assembled into relocatable object >> files, which are then linked/loaded to produce machine >> language. > > Doesn't g++ translate C++ into C and then compile C?
No. > Last I heard, most C++ compilers were doing that. A decade or two ago there were some C++ front-ends that did that, but I don't think it's common in modern C++ compilers. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Oh, I get it!! at "The BEACH goes on", huh, visi.com SONNY?? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list