Re: Aztec C: C ++??

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

<aiiadict@gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <9t7l54$ma...@nserve1.acs.ucalgary.ca>,
> Byron Desnoyers Winmill <wbdes...@acs5.acs.ucalgary.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
> > In article <9t6r0e$nsd...@ID-118921.news.dfncis.de> you wrote:
> > : does anybody know of a C++ compiler for the Apple II series, or
> > : indeed for any 6502/65C816 series?
> 
> > There is a C cross compiler at http://www.cc65.org/ which supports
> > a number of 6502 machines.  I haven't tried it though.
> 
> Aztec C had two versions which could be run on the Apple II: one
> native Apple II version, and another version for CP/M which could be
> ran on Apple II's with a suitable Z80 card.
> 
> And then you can run AT&T's Cfront, which converts C++ to C.  Yep,
> that's the way early C++ compilers worked: they compiled C++ into
> (quite unreadable, but compliable) C, and then you ran that C code
> through your regular C compiler.

Does Cfront expect an ANSI C compiler? If so, it won't work with Aztec
C, as Aztec C is an antique K&R compiler, with a few extensions. It
isn't ANSI-compliant.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz