Re: Ada9x Transition Plan (443 lines) ftp-ed from AJPO

[rreid@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ralph Reid III)]

(many comments about ADA subsets deleted)

As a student who needs a senior project, I am currently writing my
own ADA class.  Considering my experiences learning other languages,
I would prefer to work with a fully usable compiler whenever
possible.  The compilers I will be writing programs on (once the
project is approved) will be fully functional compilers; not subset
compilers.  I may not use every language feature during a class, but
when the class is finished, the compilers will still be there for me
to play/work with on my own.  Of course, if major chages are about to
take place in the ADA language, I believe something should be
distributed as quickly as possible, with the condition that once a
final working compiler has been developed, it will be distributed to
replace the partial ones.
     Different compilers operate differently, and if an instructor is
worried about students getting bogged down with the compiler
operation, perhaps using tools already available on the computer can
be used to simplify matters.  If some parts of a language are too
complicated for the students' ability, then perhaps libraries can be
built which mask some of the more complex language features during
the earlier portions of the class (this technique seems especially
feasible with ADA).  I have decided to use more than one compiler for
my project because I have discovered that getting used to working in
a different programming environment is often more difficult than
learning a new language.


compiler for this project is that I have found
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