Re: [Ada] implement many new Ada 2005 features

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

Yeah, maybe. Unless the course has a title like "Understanding the Ada 
Programming Language From A Compiler Theory Perspective..." I'm aware of 
a number of compiler courses that at one time or another had students 
implementing mini-Ada compilers. (Probably because the syntax is pretty 
clean for parsing purposes.)

But the point wasn't to design a compiler theory class. It was to 
observe that if someone wants to go off and try implementing an Ada 
compiler for purposes of education or to try out some theories or simply 
because they find compiler implementation an interesting hobby - I say 
don't discourage them. It's a learning exercise that will change them - 
if not the world. I qualified the comment that if the goal was to 
supplant something like Gnat, then its tilting at windmills and not 
really likely to succeed. The effort might be better spent working on 
some interesting new direction for Gnat to go in. (Porting to new 
hardware, adding a new capability, etc.)

MDC

Robert A Duff wrote:
> 
> An Ada compiler is probably not the best choice for a college course. ;-)
> 
> - Bob

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