Re: Ada compiler in BASIC?

[Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>]

In article <2000Apr16.192006.1@eisner>,
  Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam wrote:
> > It would not be too hard to write an Ada 83
> > compiler where the maximum line length (an
> > implementation dependent choice) was 2 :-)
>
> Are you proposing an implementation that accepted
> abbreviations for some of the longer common Ada words, like
> "end" ?

No, Ada compilers are not allowed to accept abbreviations.
That's the point, if you make the maximum line length 2, then
no valid programs can be written. All valid programs are
rejected as exceeding the maximum line length. In Ada 83
there were no requirements on maximum line length values,
so such a compiler is technically conformant to the standard :-)


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