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From: jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony)
Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada?
Date: 1997/04/17
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In article <5j1cso$i8p$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> Dale Stanbrough <dale@goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU> writes:

> Matthew Givens writes:
> 
> "  In fact, I argue the opposite quite a lot.  C is good at what 
>  it does, very good.  Try writing a compiler or OS in Ada.  You can do it, 
>  certainly, but it's easier and  more natural in C.  Why?  Because that's 
>  what C was designed to do!"
> 
> The Gnat Ada compiler _is_ written in Ada. What makes it so hard to do 
> in Ada? What makes it easier and more natural in C? You've really got
> my curiosity piqued!

A misunderstanding of compiler implementation requirements and practice.

/Jon

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