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From: "Norman H. Cohen" <ncohen@watson.ibm.com>
Subject: Human compilers (was: Re: Aeonix Ada 95)
Date: 1997/03/17
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Date: 1997-03-17T00:00:00+00:00
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Robert Dewar wrote:

> This reminds me of a question that Phillipe Kruchten asked me, back in his
> prerational days when he worked on the Ada-Ed project at NYU.

Surely you mean his "pre-Rational" days.  Sometimes capitalization makes
a big difference! :-)
 
> He asked if he could be validated as an Ada 83 compiler. He proposed to
> look at each C test, think for a bit, and then say Passed!
> 
> :-)

Perhaps he could be validated as an Ada-83 interpreter, but not as a
compiler.  Phillipe, don't give up your day job! :-)

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Norman H. Cohen
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