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EDG C++ front-end goes public

249 points · 129 comments · iandinwoodie

  1. vintagedave · · focus · HN ↗
    Wow. This is big news for C++.

    For background -- and I am not an expert here -- their C++ frontend is widely known. I first heard of it because Visual C++'s Intellisense uses it, which was notable because VC does not use the msvc frontend for its own completion. I understand it's been either used or evaluated for other frontends in the past too. I worked as PM for one C++ product, and was fortunate to be able to learn a lot from our engineers; we didn't use it, but they thought highly of EDG.

    It has a very strong reputation for being correct. And as such, I think open sourcing it will be a very beneficial thing for the C++ community.

    1. lelanthran · · focus · HN ↗
      > Wow. This is big news for C++.

      But also quite sad. They've announced that they are closing down.

      1. genxy · · focus · HN ↗
        It is great news, it means that C++ can slowly wither as other organisms occupy the same niche.
        1. bigbuppo · · focus · HN ↗
          May you be cursed with inheriting a large COBOL application.
          1. genxy · · focus · HN ↗
            As curses go, not a curse! <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;loveOSS&#x2F;awesome-cobol" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;loveOSS&#x2F;awesome-cobol
            1. JBits · · focus · HN ↗
              I&#x27;m really confused by this list: every link I click on either doesn&#x27;t work or takes me to a project for Go written in Go. I haven&#x27;t been able to navigate to a single Cobol project.
              1. genxy · · focus · HN ↗
                Yeah, going back and checking, it is weird. My bad, I am a little embarrassed, I too find no cobol, only Go.

                To make up for my transgression ...

                Here is Doom in Cobol tho <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;deios0&#x2F;cobol-doom" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;deios0&#x2F;cobol-doom

                Rock Paper Scissors in Cobol as a Cloudflare Worker <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;cloudflare&#x2F;cobol-worker&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;src&#x2F;worker.cob" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;cloudflare&#x2F;cobol-worker&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;src&#x2F;w...

                Still excited to see C++ get slowly replaced by better languages.

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