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Comment by sidewndr46

2 years ago

Just writing a parser for C++ is a gargantuan project. I'm not even sure if an individual can write a C++ compiler if they started on their 18th birthday. There may not be enough hours left in their life to write a functioning compiler.

Check the history of Circle, not only did Sean Baxter implement a full C++ compiler frontend, it has lots of extensions from all C++ wannabe replacements and a Rust like borrow checker.

I forget, but what was that C++ parser test suite that almost no compiler passed?

I bet you'll solve P=NP before finishing that C++ parser.