[comp.lang.c++] Implementation of C++ translators vs true compilers?

kornegay@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM (Michael L. Kornegay) (03/08/91)

I have been using various C++ implementations that are all 
translators based on AT&T's CFront implementation.

Certain work we have done (like instanciating objects in 
shared memory) requires detailed evalutation of the compiler's
implementation of virtual function invokation, including the
vtbl, ptbl, and vptr.

Does anyone know how the true compilers (like Zortech, Oregon, etc.)
are implementing the invokation of virtual functions?  Are they
based on the same approach, or entirely different implementations?

Thanks,
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Michael L. Kornegay,
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