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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: border1.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!backlog3.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newspeer1.nac.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.stack.nl!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Simon Clubley Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Another open-source compiler Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 08:55:14 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 08:55:14 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e458ff8b81bc0c159989eb0e36c6e372"; logging-data="17934"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+xqVPWlIojT/4aZOYY8E4iVRW0mn4qCUc=" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (VMS/Multinet) Cancel-Lock: sha1:I/aw1w8I3L18AKZ0aelccnEj4ho= X-Original-Bytes: 1843 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:185802 Date: 2014-04-18T08:55:14+00:00 List-Id: On 2014-04-18, gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com wrote: > Following some discussions here about kick-starting a new open-source compiler from scratch, it is worth mentioning that there is something already working, based on SmallAda, originally written in Pascal, later translated in Ada. > It builds correctly nested and recursive subprograms, for instance. > > Check here for more: > http://sf.net/projects/hacadacompiler/ > That's interesting, thanks. Given that it's written in Ada, how would you go about solving the problem of getting it to run on a large range of platforms (which is what would be required for a viable C replacement) ? Simon. -- Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP Microsoft: Bringing you 1980s technology to a 21st century world