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From: fraser@zoom.jtec.com.au (Fraser Wilson)
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Subject: Re: Writing a Mac Ada compiler
Date: 13 Mar 1995 14:55:00 +1000
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I nearly cried when mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) explained:

>Ada compilers are not easy. Best to reuse something, especially if it
>is free.

It's true they're not easy.  But writing an Ada compiler is a great
way to learn how compilers work.

I started one after a compiler course in 1988, and I still pop back
to it every now and then to test ideas.  It was written from scratch,
and while it's no longer Ada, it contains overloading, inheritence,
C-ish expression syntax, packages, strong typing, exceptions, blah
blah blah etc etc.

And even if it's ultimately a useless endeavour, it was fun.

Fraser.