Hi, On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > Was there a general term for C++ compilers that worked this way? Thanks! kevin
