>>> C++ is a preprocessor, nothing more. Check how the original C++
>>> compiler was implemented.
If you consider a C++ compiler to be just a preprocessor, then every
other compiler is too. The only thing _not_ a preprocessor is a CPU.
>> Of course, in the early days C++ was just
>> a preprocessor, but I don't think a
>> preprocessor could alone implement
>> dynamic thunking, or dynamic template
>> generation, or dynamic binding of the class
>> methods invoked by derivated functions.
>
> I not think. I know :-) Latest versions of cfront had (has? is cfront
> still alive?) had all such bells and whistles acting as preprocessor...
C++ template stuff is Turing machine equivalent. I've seen code that,
when compiled, causes the C++ compiler to compute prime numbers.
It was a giant hack, complete with all the normal Turing machine
tape head insanity. You throw away the compiler output.
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