Re: Why are Ada compilers difficult to write ?

[Luke A. Guest <laguest@archeia.com>]

Dan'l Miller <> wrote:

> Writing a compiler in OP refers to both 

OP???

> writing it from scratch as well as maintenance over the years.  All of
> the Ada compilers listed on that antiquated page are in various stages of
> broken links, out of business, and no longer supporting Z80 in recent •decades•.
> 

Well, the Z80 is no longer supported, you can at least still buy them. I
have one sitting in my desk ready to be put into a retroputer.


> * e.g., 64 KiB DRAM address space; clock rate of single-digit or tens of megahertz
> 
> Various ports of GCC to Z80 exist, but they seem to focus exclusively on
> C-proper, instead of on C++ or Ada.
> 

The ports are in various states of broken-ness as well. None are up to
date, all are partially done. Believe me I’ve looked.

Luke