2.11. EDG C++ Front End (compiler front end)

• Commercial software from: * Edison Design Group * 4 Norman Road * Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 * (201) 744-2620 * jsa@edg.com or uunet!edg1!jsa

• Matches the ARM, not including templates and exceptions. Templates are being added and should available in Jan 1993. (i.e., essentially the same language as cfront 2.1)

• Pricing depends on the type of sublicensing rights required. Typical pricing is a one-time fee in the tens of thousands to $100,000+ range (and no per-copy royalties), but we also consider royalty-based licenses with low up-front costs.

• The EDG C++ Front End is aimed at compiler developers who wish to add C++ support to an existing compiler suite (or one being developed), and at software tool developers. The Front End translates C++ into a high-level tree-structured intermediate form. It does full error checking and has excellent error recovery. It supports the C++ language as defined by the Annotated C++ Reference Manual; ANSI C and K&R C are also supported. Host and target computer characteristics are configurable, allowing use in a variety of environments and as a cross-compiler. Licensing is in source form, with complete internal documentation.

  It's a portable product. Most of our sales have been to companies using UNIX or derivatives, but we have ported our C front end to MS-DOS, and could do the same for C++. However, there are no MS-DOS-specific features such as "near" and "far" pointers.

  Bear in mind that we are in the business of selling to systems and software companies that combine our front ends with code generators of their own and sell the resulting product under their name. We don't sell full compilers, and in general we are not trying to sell to end-users.

• Information provided by J. Stephen Adamczyk(uunet.uu.net!edg1!jsa)