From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!csus.edu!ucdavis!csusac!csuchico.edu!rreid From: rreid@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ralph Reid III) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada9x Transition Plan (443 lines) ftp-ed from AJPO Message-ID: <1991Mar31.144752.27175@ecst.csuchico.edu> Date: 31 Mar 91 14:47:52 GMT References: <2926@sparko.gwu.edu> Sender: news@ecst.csuchico.edu (USENET) Organization: California State University, Chico List-Id: (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 -- Ralph. SAAC member. ARS: N6BNO Compuserve: 72250.3521@compuserve.com email: rreid@cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu