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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c62a5e526aafd9d4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-28 10:35:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: The Hobby Lobby was Windows CE? Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 13:28:21 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9p2bvl$ika$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9onhgu$9h9$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BAF77E6.9BDE9102@adaworks.com> <9onvig$f6n$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3bb05ee7.10496763@news.demon.co.uk> <3BB0B3C4.432E2B4B@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <3bb1d07f.18201562@news.demon.co.uk> <3BB2075A.57C22F55@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <3BB22F0E.718B1244@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9otbs2$juj$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9ovaf2$c18$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BB340C6.DC51CB98@lmtas.lmco.com> <9ovh43$erd$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BB49C07.D7F16D45@lmtas.lmco.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1001698101 19082 136.170.200.133 (28 Sep 2001 17:28:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Sep 2001 17:28:21 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13479 Date: 2001-09-28T17:28:21+00:00 List-Id: To some extent, you sort of get this with Gnat/gcc. The Gnat compiler will also process C code for you without modification. The gcc compiler has a multitude of front ends (see http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc.html) which includes support for C, C++, Objective C, Chill, Fortran, and Java. Front ends exist for Pascal, Mercury, Cobol and Modula-2 as well. The problem is, of course, getting any/all of these front ends together in the same place at the same time and making a binary that will recognize whatever language you want to compile. In principle, it could be done, but in practice I don't think anyone has. I don't know why this is. Too difficult? No interest? Insufficient utility? I agree that it would be nice to have a single, multi-lingual compiler that would let one take advantage of whatever software is availble. Got number-crunching code in Fortran and GUI code in C++ and multi-tasking code in Ada and want to bundle them all together to make a system? No problem! Here's the compiler for you! But for whatever reasons, it just hasn't been done. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Gary Scott" wrote in message news:3BB49C07.D7F16D45@lmtas.lmco.com... > > What I would like to see is a package product containing several > compilers (i.e. single development environment, choose the language that > fits the problem/user/whim) of for example C++, Fortran, and Ada (and > possibly PASCAL/Delphi, although Ada should satifisfy that need well). > If this included a decent cross-platform GUI development library, then > the development environment could be written using that library, > creating a similar development environment on each platform. This would > also allow the creation of a wide variety of applications that are > source compatible across platforms (thinking general purpose > computing). If you could package 3 compilers with GINO for example, > you'd have an extremly powerful development tool set. In addition, all