<s>
Comeau	B-General_Concept
C/C	I-General_Concept
++	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
compiler	B-Language
for	O
C	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
produced	O
by	O
Comeau	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comeau	B-General_Concept
C/C	I-General_Concept
++	I-General_Concept
was	O
once	O
described	O
as	O
the	O
most	O
standards-conformant	O
C++	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006-2008	O
it	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
the	O
only	O
mainstream	O
C++	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
to	O
fully	O
support	O
the	O
export	O
keyword	O
for	O
exported	O
templates	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compiler	B-Language
supports	O
several	O
dialects	O
of	O
both	O
the	O
C	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
languages	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
comes	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Standard	O
C++	B-Language
library	O
,	O
libcomo	O
,	O
that	O
is	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
Standard	O
C++	B-Language
library	O
from	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
Dinkumware	O
Standard	O
C	B-Language
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compiler	B-Language
is	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
Edison	B-Language
Design	I-Language
Group	I-Language
C++	B-Language
frontend	O
,	O
also	O
utilized	O
in	O
the	O
Intel	B-Language
C++	I-Language
Compiler	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rather	O
than	O
produce	O
an	O
executable	O
directly	O
,	O
Comeau	B-General_Concept
C/C	I-General_Concept
++	I-General_Concept
outputs	O
C	B-Language
code	O
and	O
requires	O
a	O
separate	O
C	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
in	O
order	O
to	O
produce	O
the	O
final	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Comeau	B-General_Concept
C/C	I-General_Concept
++	I-General_Concept
can	O
employ	O
several	O
back	O
ends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comeau	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
founding	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
C++	B-Language
committee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comeau	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
's	O
CEO	O
,	O
Greg	O
Comeau	O
,	O
provided	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
ports	O
of	O
cfront	B-Device
to	O
the	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
limited-function	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
,	O
which	O
allows	O
one	O
to	O
compile	B-Language
source	O
code	O
and	O
view	O
any	O
resulting	O
error	O
messages	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
to	O
produce	O
executable	O
programs	O
,	O
is	O
available	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compiler	B-Language
is	O
available	O
for	O
both	O
Unix	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comeau	O
also	O
offers	O
custom	O
ports	O
to	O
other	O
platforms	O
,	O
albeit	O
that	O
this	O
is	O
substantially	O
more	O
expensive	O
than	O
buying	O
existent	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compiler	B-Language
was	O
updated	O
October	O
6	O
,	O
2008	O
featuring	O
version	O
4.3.10.1	O
Beta	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
