Can C++ be used to write programming languages?

[marcoleepetersen]

Can C++ be used to write programming languages?
I know that C can be used to write other languages, but can C++ do it
too?

 

[DerTopper]

Can C++ be used to write programming languages?
I know that C can be used to write other languages, but can C++ do it
too?

Why don't you try to find an answer on your own? If you already know
that C can be used to write a compiler for another programming
language, you must have some basic knowledge about the C programming
language and its capabilities. Also you may have some understanding of
compilers and how they are implemented.

Or have you just picked up this single fact about C, and now you
should answer one of your homework questions? Either way, you'll most
probably get an answer in this newsgroup.

Stuart

 

[Allen]

Why don't you try to find an answer on your own? If you already know
that C can be used to write a compiler for another programming
language, you must have some basic knowledge about the C programming
language and its capabilities. Also you may have some understanding of
compilers and how they are implemented.

Or have you just picked up this single fact about C, and now you
should answer one of your homework questions? Either way, you'll most
probably get an answer in this newsgroup.

Stuart

Precisely, C++ can be used to write compiler for other language.
For example, Java compiler.

Allen

 

[Joe Smith]

Can C++ be used to write programming languages?
I know that C can be used to write other languages, but can C++ do it
too?

C++ is nearly a strict superset of C. Therefore anything one can do in C can
be done in C++. (There are some minor incompatibilities but they are not
relevent as they have no impact on capability, and C99 has some features not
included in C++, but they are merely convenience features, and have no real
impact on language capability.

However, a programming language is an abstract thing. One does not really
write a programming language. Language documentation or specifications can
be written, but one would not usually use C++ for that. C++ can be used to
write compilers and interpreters for programing languages.

 

[Anand Hariharan]

Can C++ be used to write programming languages?
I know that C can be used to write other languages, but can C++ do it
too?

Google for "Boost Spirit".

- Anand

 

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Can C++ be used to write programming languages?
I know that C can be used to write other languages, but can C++ do it
too?

Don't you know Turing Equivalence? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_completeness