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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,9ab76c2183ecc054 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-03 16:01:28 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!sjc-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Brian Rogoff Subject: Re: Ada to C Translator In-Reply-To: <779039.j35.ln@leia> Message-ID: References: <92fk1v0cou@drn.newsguy.com> <92fqlt$h8d$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A4CF58B.A8FF223C@collins.rockwell.com> <92qfj7$7l9$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A50F03D.3D56E9E2@ix.netcom.com> <92r4jg$nii$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <7kht29.gc2.ln@leia> <92vqe7$f7a$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <779039.j35.ln@leia> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 00:01:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.184.139.136 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: sjc-read.news.verio.net 978566503 206.184.139.136 (Thu, 04 Jan 2001 00:01:43 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 00:01:43 GMT Organization: Verio Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3633 Date: 2001-01-04T00:01:43+00:00 List-Id: On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Frode [ISO-8859-1] Tenneb=F8 wrote: > Robert Dewar wrote: > > There is more than one language that has been called B (e.g. > > ABC is one such language), but I don't know of any that once > > had an established compiler technology and real commercial use > > that have gone away. Please give more details.=20 >=20 > I was not aware that ABC was referred to as B. I was thinking of the=20 > design of Thompson and Ritchie - now predated by C. I'm unsure about=20 ^^^^^^^^ I think you aren't a native speaker of English. You mean "B predates C".=20 One could argue that B evolved directly into C.=20 > > of course there > > are lots of languages generated for the purposes of academic > > research (e.g. getting a PhD thesis), that have gone away > > (GYVE is one of the more interesting languages in this > > category, Phil Shaw : NYU PhD, advisor Jack Schwartz, mid 70's) >=20 > If you are interested in obscure languages, you should take a look at=20 > Erlang (www.erlang.org). Erlang is hardly "obscure"; it is used at Ericsson and Bluetail/Alteon,=20 amongst others. I'd say it is thriving. I still prefer languages with static type systems though, though I understand why the Erlang designers=20 went with dynamic types.=20 -- Brian