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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.182.24.41 with SMTP id r9mr33067768obf.25.1456254618138; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 11:10:18 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.88.134 with SMTP id bg6mr349502obb.3.1456254618100; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 11:10:18 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!209.85.213.215.MISMATCH!ok5no4621274igc.0!news-out.google.com!l1ni22757igd.0!nntp.google.com!hb3no8666422igb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 11:10:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1456246988.16316.22.camel@obry.net> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=109.151.124.52; posting-account=pmkN8QoAAAAtIhXRUfydb0SCISnwaeyg NNTP-Posting-Host: 109.151.124.52 References: <3acc13a4-d92e-498b-8dbe-cb2e399c54ed@googlegroups.com> <1456246988.16316.22.camel@obry.net> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <75c5bad7-9f77-4778-a90a-92398999f2ee@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Outrageous Thoughts on Ada Compilers. From: Austin Obyrne Injection-Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 19:10:18 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:29592 Date: 2016-02-23T11:10:17-08:00 List-Id: On Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 5:03:15 PM UTC, Pascal Obry wrote: > Le mardi 23 f=E9vrier 2016 =E0 08:54 -0800, Austin Obyrne a =E9crit=A0: > > 1) Am I right in thinking that Ada compilers are written in the 'C' > > programming langauge. >=20 > No GNAT is written in Ada. Now that depends what you count. As you > probably know GNAT is part of GCC which is written in C. So most > accurately GNAT frontend and middleend (expander) are written in Ada. >=20 > Now most of the GNAT runtime is written in Ada, but part are in C which > is unavoidable to get proper values from the OS (such as constants for > example). >=20 > As you see the answer is not simple. >=20 > --=20 > Pascal Obry / Magny Les Hameaux (78) >=20 > The best way to travel is by means of imagination >=20 > http://v2p.fr.eu.org > http://www.obry.net >=20 > gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key F949BD3B Many thanks - your exposure is very useful to know - AOB