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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Niklas Holsti wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> I think the realistic approach for an open-source implementation would 
> be to take the existing GNAT front-end and try to generate C code from 
> the intermediate representation, either the gcc IR or the llvm IR.

That's a good thought. LLVM already comes with a C backend (i.e. a code
generator that emits C rather than assembly).  I wonder how easy it would
be to configure a toolchain based on the GNAT Ada front-end and this C
back-end, bound together by LLVM's DragonEgg GCC plug-in.

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Ludovic Brenta.
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