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hi,

i have this new idea of developing a compiler, a multilingual compiler, for c.
i wud like to know whether anything exists like this now. if not,what will be the best platform to develop this? i really wud luv to do it in a win32 environment. i thought VC++ initially, but now therez VC++.net...!! Will Java be a better option? I am looking forward for your expert advice on this...!!

thanks in advance,
TYRO

What do you mean by 'multilingual'?

Anyway, VC++ is the most well-used compiler for Win32. VC++.Net is just the latest version of it, adding support for Managed C++ with the ability to target the .NET Framework.

Hi!!!

Thanks a lot for your reply.
When i say multilingual wat i mean is the user will b able to write the program in his own vernacular language. like if the user is from India, he will b given an option to write a program in Hindi or any of his native language. jus adding that language independency.
i hope u can get me...!!!

Tyro

You could probably achieve this with a preprocessor which translates regional C into standard C, rather than writing a whole new language.

thnx again for ur reply.
even i was thinkin of that option, like adding a pre-processor to gcc which will convert the local language to the actual c codin, but i want to write the compiler in windows, like i wud like to create guis using that language...!! can i create guis using gcc or is there any open source language for win32 using which i can write guis??

You can create a GUI using any C or C++ compiler under Windows.