EDG C++ Frontend
by Edison Design Group
The Edison Design Group (EDG) C/C++ frontend is the most widely licensed commercial compiler frontend. It is not a standalone compiler but a parsing/semantic-analysis component that other vendors integrate with their own code generators. As of January 2017, there were 183 commercial licensees. The frontend consists of approximately 655,000 lines of source code.
milestones (5)
| version | note |
|---|---|
| 6.x | C++20 support in progress, improved modules support |
| 5.x | C++17 full support, improved constexpr evaluation |
| 4.x | C++14 support, improved C++11 conformance |
| 3.x | C++11 support |
| 2.x | C++98/03 conformance |