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From: rtrigg@netcom.com (Roger Trigg)
Subject: Re: C++ / Smalltalk
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Alan Knight (knight@mrco.carleton.ca) wrote:
: In <1995Jan5.094541.16980@wavehh.hanse.de> cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de (Martin Cracauer) writes:


: >Using the right or a wrong language for a given task will cause such
: >differences every time, of course. The questions is, how much areas
: >are there where C++ or Smalltalk is the right language. Would you
: >implement your Smalltalk compiler using Visualworks or xlisp?

: I'm not quite sure what your point is here, but all of the Smalltalk
: compilers I know of are implemented in entirely in Smalltalk.

:  Alan Knight                | The Object People

I don't necessarily disagree with your point, but unless someone has
rewritten it, the Enfin compiler is written in C using yacc.

  Regards,
  Roger Trigg (rtrigg@netcom.com)

