Re: [Ada] implement many new Ada 2005 features

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

Hyman Rosen wrote:

> For those c.l.a. readers who don'tregularly follow the gcc-patches
> mailing list of gnu.gcc.org, check the following message:
> <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2005-02/msg00420.html>
> 
Good to see that there is an Ada 2005 implementation well under way and 
making good progress.


> Good news for Ada devotees, and it should give pause to one or two
> overly ambitious n.g. members who are bent on writing their own Ada
> compilers from scratch :-)

Depends on the reason for wanting to write your own compiler. If you 
want to learn about compiler theory or perhaps try out some techniques 
not done in other implementations or target some machine nobody else is 
interested in supporting, then you might have a really good reason. If 
the objective is to supplant the "industry leader" (is that fair to say 
of Gnat?) then one needs to be really well financed and have some 
anticipated features/benefits that will make the end product better.

Without a "better idea" and lots of resources, I wouldn't try to 
overtake Gnat, et alia. But hobbies, education, theory testing, etc. are 
all good enough reasons to go for it.

MDC

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