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Re:Oops, I Wrote a C++ Compiler by craftyguy on Monday August 27, 2018 @11:57AM (#17852219)
> Please don't call it C++ if it doesn't even support constructors and destructors.

At least they recognize this is missing, and call it out.

> Why not use GCC or LLVM as part of your project? That seems like a better investment of your time.

Learning opportunity? Maybe they're trying to solve a problem? Or do you think the LLVM folks should have just used GCC instead of wasting their time on LLVM?

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Re:Oops, I Wrote a C++ Compiler by umanwizard on Monday August 27, 2018 @04:22PM (#17854173)
Aren't constructors and destructors basically the main idea of c++?
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Re:Oops, I Wrote a C++ Compiler by FartyMcFarter on Monday August 27, 2018 @06:13PM (#17855003)
C++ is too big to have any "main feature", but in any case yeah, it's a huge deal.
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