Re: Writing a Mac Ada compiler

[gmckee@cloudnine.com (Gary McKee)]

In Article <3jkq49$m1g@nic.umass.edu>, cons116@twain.oit.umass.edu (Mike
White) wrote:
>...
>Yes, as I was thinking it over, I realized that I had not fully considered
>the size of the project I proposed.  Everyone seems to be pointing to a
>port of GCC 2.6.3 and then compiling GNAT, thus making the world happy.
>At first I winced at the concept of porting GCC, but it does seem a lot
>more reasonable than "reinventing the wheel".  I unfortunately don't know
>much about GNAT, and have limited experience with compiler design.  I was
>basically trying to find out if, as a learning experience, writing an Ada
>compiler from scratch was a doable project. (plus I really prefer building
>up my own code than working on others' code, but hey, who doesn't?)  
>
>Obviously the approach I was considering is not really feasible, and I
>appreciate the warnings!
>
>So, porting GCC and then GNAT on top of that is the way to go.  Or, just
>as a learning experience, implement a subset of Ada...  I'm gonna have
>to start looking into those GCC sources, I guess!
>
>mike white
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Mike, 

I'd be interested in working with you if you decide to do the port of GCC. I
don't know the GCC technology (and need to learn it) but I've been working
with other Ada compilers for eleven years now. 

I've done some Mac programming  and I do have an Ada83 compiler on the Mac
(actually, I have both the Meridian & the GW/AdaEd compilers).

Let me know if you can use another engineer on this excellent project that
you are considering.


Gary McKee
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