From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_40 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 13 Sep 92 19:25:14 GMT From: sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.e du!news.sei.cmu.edu!ae@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Arthur Evans) Subject: compilers written in Ada (was: 20K expressions) Message-ID: <1992Sep13.192514.15412@sei.cmu.edu> List-Id: In my observation, any product used heavily by the folks who develop it has a lot of advantages. One of the biggest is the absence of rough edges. All little annoyances in usage come forcibly to the attention of those best positioned to fix them -- and they do so. As for compiling the compiler being a good test: No single test is adequate, and a vendor requires an extensive test suite of programs. However, to the extent that a compiler stresses corners of the performance envelope missed by other tests (and I think it does), self hosting is a useful contribution to quality. Art Evans ---------------------------------------------- Arthur Evans, Jr, PhD Ada Consultant 461 Fairview Road Pittsburgh PA 15238-1933 412-963-0839 ae@sei.cmu.edu