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Subject: Re: Implementing an Ada compiler and libraries.
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On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 19:34 +0200, Pascal Obry wrote:
> Why not play on a C generator for the Ada language ?
> 
> Using ASIS as a start. You then don't have to play with backend
> generation. Probably a project that is easier to tackle than a true Ada
> compiler even if already quite a bit of work :)

Given the C language, there might be a few platform issues
in case you'd have to deal with such things as MIN_INT - 1  :-)

There is at least one compiler front end that generates (readable) C.
Maybe someone having worked with AdaMagic by SofCheck has a few hints?
Also, several Eiffel compilers use C as the target language.