On 13 July 2011 19:42, kevin diggs wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:45 AM, Maxim Kuvyrkov <maxim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Jul 13, 2011, at 12:00 PM, ranjith kumar wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> 1) I read somewhere that .cpp code is converted into .c code by the >>> compiler, and .c file is used to make the executable file. >> >> This was the way first C++ compilers operated. GCC compiles C++ code directly into assembly. >> > I think these were sometimes called "cfront". Cfront was a specific C++ compiler (the first one) not just a generic term for one that compiled to C.
