EDG C++ front-end goes Open Source

15 days ago by cmeerw to c/cpp

On September 30, 2026, EDG's C++ front end went open source, with The C++ Alliance as its nonprofit home. What changes for EDG users, how to contribute, and where to follow the work.

brisk 5 points 15 days ago

I've not heard of this before and the website didn't help with "what" and "why". What is this? Did anyone here use this, and what was your experience?

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ulterno 1 point 15 days ago

Seems like this is alleged to be a program that translates from one source language to another source language.

Documentation is a story book.

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cmeerw 1 point 15 days ago

https://edg.com/c goes into a bit more details of what it is. You might actually have used it without realising it (for example, IntelliSense in Visual Studio is based on the EDG front end). Some of the companies using the EDG front end are listed on https://edg.com/customers (but some other users are not listed there).

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Miaou 1 point 15 days ago

I don't find Microsoft in the link you posted, but given the state of visual studio, it's understandable

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