From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1658 invoked by alias); 24 Oct 2002 01:16:11 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 1594 invoked from network); 24 Oct 2002 01:16:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO fencepost.gnu.org) (199.232.76.164) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 24 Oct 2002 01:16:10 -0000 Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 184WbZ-0006Zj-00 for gcc@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 21:16:09 -0400 Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 184Was-0006iN-00 for gcc@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 21:15:27 -0400 Received: from 12-226-168-214.client.attbi.com ([12.226.168.214] helo=marta.kurtwerks.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 184War-0006iC-00 for gcc@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 21:15:26 -0400 Received: from luther.kurtwerks.com (IDENT:0@luther.kurtwerks.com [192.168.0.4]) by marta.kurtwerks.com (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id g9O1FO324074 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 21:15:24 -0400 Received: from luther.kurtwerks.com (IDENT:1000@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by luther.kurtwerks.com (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g9O1FNE8015969 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 21:15:23 -0400 Received: (from kwall@localhost) by luther.kurtwerks.com (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g9O1FNbW015968 for gcc@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 21:15:23 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 02:13:00 -0000 From: kwall@kurtwerks.com To: gcc@gnu.org Subject: Re: question about gcc Message-ID: <20021024011523.GB15708@kurtwerks.com> Mail-Followup-To: kwall@kurtwerks.com, gcc@gnu.org References: <1035373378.3db68b42bc109@imapwww.epfl.ch> <61B53A51-E6DE-11D6-AC9A-000393941EE6@apple.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <61B53A51-E6DE-11D6-AC9A-000393941EE6@apple.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-16.3 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,NO_REAL_NAME,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, SIGNATURE_SHORT_DENSE,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.41 X-Spam-Level: X-SW-Source: 2002-10/txt/msg01465.txt.bz2 On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 04:23:05PM -0700, Mike Stump wrote: > On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, at 04:42 AM, marc.poulhies@epfl.ch > wrote: > >I'm a student in computer sciences and i'm learning how compilers > >work. This > >morning a student told that gcc, in fact, always traducts other > >languages to C, > >as it was first designed for C and so can handle it very well. > >I was suprised, but before telling him waht i thought, i wanted to have > >something to show him (in the case he's wrong). > >My readings gave me an answer about c++, but what about other > >languages? > > traducts isn't a word in my language, so I might not understand your > question. Sure it is. "Traduct" means to translate or to transfer. $ dict -d web1913 traduct 2 definitions found >From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Traduct \Tra*duct"\, v. t. [L. traducere, traductum. See Traduce.] To derive or deduce; also, to transmit; to transfer. [Obs.] --Fotherby. >From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Traduct \Tra*duct"\, n. That which is traducted; that which is transferred; a translation. [Obs.] --Howell. Kurt -- Is your job running? You'd better go catch it!