Re: Augusta: An open source Ada 2012 compiler (someday?)

[Shark8 <OneWingedShark@gmail.com>]

On 19-Mar-14 16:04, Brian Drummond wrote:
> I strongly believe Ada and VHDL users should talk to
> each other more than they do!

Isn't that because VHDL is essentially concerned about hardware and 
[most] programmers are essentially worried about software? -- That said, 
would if be possible/feasible to have a compiler that takes a VHDL 
description of some architecture and Ada source and compile it to run on 
that architecture?

I'm certainly no expert on VHDL, all I really know about it is from 
Wikipedia, but a quick search reveals several PDFs that indicate my 
understanding is not entirely wrong and that this might be possible 
(though 'feasible' and 'desirable' are distinct attributes):

How to design your own CPU on FPGAs with VHDL
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fopencores.org%2Fusercontent%2Cdoc%2C1262702554&ei=VyIrU7yTCZLiqAHs2IHQAw&usg=AFQjCNEN_M7VC32q01YXXOF_VU7lF-Ohbw&sig2=FVTaWxQqZ7d-FpVwMzXnOA&bvm=bv.62922401,d.aWM

Processor Implementation in VHDL
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDQQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpeople.tamu.edu%2F~akshitdayal%2F468%2FMIPS-Implementation.pdf&ei=VyIrU7yTCZLiqAHs2IHQAw&usg=AFQjCNEjFFTyaFtik_fnHvxX-qUzL3xotw&sig2=_W3m4sd-Yj5CptA50GdUqw&bvm=bv.62922401,d.aWM

CPU Project
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDsQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.cecs.pdx.edu%2F~mperkows%2FCLASS_VHDL_99%2Fcpu_project.pdf&ei=VyIrU7yTCZLiqAHs2IHQAw&usg=AFQjCNEupGSBWrUUFEayGWjm6xKtyaeKAQ&sig2=Plj713lv0vUcXuONu8HcKw&bvm=bv.62922401,d.aWM