From: Mike Rosset Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:12:56 +0000 (-0700) Subject: doc: clarify that gccgo is a GCC front-end X-Git-Tag: go1.1rc2~533 X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b4afe88973a0e6bcd7b1fec508ec6cebc1e863d8;p=gostls13.git doc: clarify that gccgo is a GCC front-end R=golang-dev, r, iant, iant CC=golang-dev https://golang.org/cl/6454072 --- diff --git a/doc/go_faq.html b/doc/go_faq.html index 5c68aa7e58..4c5ead8c59 100644 --- a/doc/go_faq.html +++ b/doc/go_faq.html @@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ test cases. The standard Go library is full of illustrative examples, such as in What compiler technology is used to build the compilers?

-Gccgo has a C++ front-end with a recursive descent parser coupled to the +Gccgo has a front end written in C++, with a recursive descent parser coupled to the standard GCC back end. Gc is written in C using yacc/bison for the parser. Although it's a new program, it fits in the Plan 9 C compiler suite