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From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: gcc distribution (was: SOLVED! Decoupled Mutual Recursion Challenger)
Date: 4 Nov 1994 18:56:01 -0500
Date: 1994-11-04T18:56:01-05:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <39ehmh$74p@felix.seas.gwu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3986rv$fr9@cmcl2.NYU.EDU

In article <3986rv$fr9@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>,
Richard Kenner <kenner@lab.ultra.nyu.edu> wrote:
>In article <392u2l$jt4@watnews1.watson.ibm.com> ncohen@watson.ibm.com writes:
>>This is distressing.  One of the things that most excited me about the
>>GNAT project when I first heard about it was the prospect that an Ada
>>compiler would be hidden in each standard gcc distribution, and thus
>>serve as a Trojan horse to sneak Ada into the camps of the C programmers.
>
Indeed, Robert Dewar used to say,

"When GNAT becomes part of the gcc distribution, nobody will ever have
to ask how to get Ada. They will have to ask how to NOT get Ada."

(This is a pretty direct quote from Robert.)

Oh, well, the best-laid plans etc...

Mike Feldman



  reply	other threads:[~1994-11-04 23:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1994-10-12 22:49 SOLVED! Decoupled Mutual Recursion Challenger John Volan
1994-10-17 15:48 ` John Volan
1994-10-17 17:55   ` Bob Duff
1994-10-17 20:52     ` John Volan
1994-10-17 22:10       ` Bob Duff
1994-10-18 22:17         ` John Volan
1994-10-19  1:01           ` Bob Duff
1994-10-19  4:45             ` Jay Martin
1994-10-19 14:38               ` Mark A Biggar
     [not found]                 ` <38fi4r$l81@oahu.cs.ucla.edu>
1994-10-24 11:49                   ` Mutual Recursion Challenge Robert I. Eachus
1994-10-24 20:32                     ` John Volan
1994-10-26 11:42                       ` Generic association example (was Re: Mutual Recursion Challenge) Robert I. Eachus
1994-10-26 23:21                         ` John Volan
1994-10-27 10:53                           ` Robert I. Eachus
1994-10-31 17:34                             ` John Volan
1994-10-27 14:37                           ` Mark A Biggar
1994-10-24 17:42                   ` SOLVED! Decoupled Mutual Recursion Challenger John Volan
1994-10-24 22:37                     ` Jay Martin
1994-10-25  5:47                       ` Matt Kennel
1994-10-25 10:04                         ` David Emery
1994-10-25 16:43                         ` John Volan
1994-10-27  4:25                           ` Rob Heyes
1994-10-28  9:03                             ` Mutual Recursion (was Re: SOLVED! Decoupled Mutual Recursion Challenger) Robert I. Eachus
1994-10-28 15:04                             ` SOLVED! Decoupled Mutual Recursion Challenger Robb Nebbe
1994-10-25 15:54                       ` John Volan
1994-10-26  1:24                         ` Bob Duff
1994-10-28  4:28                         ` Jay Martin
1994-10-28 10:52                           ` Robert I. Eachus
1994-10-28 18:46                             ` Jay Martin
1994-11-02 14:56                               ` Robert I. Eachus
1994-10-29  0:38                           ` Bob Duff
1994-10-29  7:26                             ` Jay Martin
1994-10-29 11:59                             ` Richard Kenner
1994-10-31 13:17                               ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-31 14:13                               ` gcc distribution (was: SOLVED! Decoupled Mutual Recursion Challenger) Norman H. Cohen
1994-11-02 14:14                                 ` Richard Kenner
1994-11-04 23:56                                   ` Michael Feldman [this message]
1994-10-31 18:44                           ` SOLVED! Decoupled Mutual Recursion Challenger John Volan
1994-10-20 11:25               ` Robb Nebbe
1994-10-20 19:19                 ` John Volan
1994-10-26  0:07                 ` Mark S. Hathaway
1994-10-26 18:48                 ` gamache
1994-10-27  2:15                   ` John Volan
     [not found]           ` <CxwGJF.FwB@ois.com>
1994-10-19 16:35             ` John Volan
1994-10-17 22:54   ` Cyrille Comar
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