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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107f24,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-01 16:12:51 PST Message-ID: <3B688D21.810C5706@eton.powernet.co.uk> Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 00:13:37 +0100 From: Richard Heathfield Organization: Eton Computer Systems Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en-gb]C-CCK-MCD NetscapeOnline.co.uk (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en-GB,en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.functional Subject: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red Code distributed denial of service attack. References: <3B6555ED.9B0B0420@sneakemail.com> <87n15lxzzv.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <3B672322.B5EA1B66@home.com> <9ka1e1$b5h$2@bird.wu-wien.ac.at> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.60.5.90 X-Trace: news.power.net.uk 996707567 195.60.5.90 (2 Aug 2001 00:12:47 +0100) Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!ams-newsfeed.speedport.net!newsfeed.speedport.net!colt.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.power.net.uk Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11004 comp.lang.c:71459 comp.lang.c++:79198 comp.lang.functional:7127 Date: 2001-08-02T00:13:37+01:00 List-Id: Markus Mottl wrote: > > > Any language that attempts to be called serious bootstraps > itself. Needless to say that the first compiler of a new language wasn't > written in the language itself, Just a small nit - there's nothing to stop you writing the first compiler of a new language using an interpreter for that language. I agree that you can't write the first *implementation* of a language in itself, though. (Or at least, if you can, you are probably related to Ken Thompson, Donald Knuth, Alan Turing, and perhaps Douglas Hofstadter too.) -- Richard Heathfield : binary@eton.powernet.co.uk "Usenet is a strange place." - Dennis M Ritchie, 29 July 1999. C FAQ: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html K&R answers, C books, etc: http://users.powernet.co.uk/eton