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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: a new language, designed for safety !
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 12:20:54 -0700
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On 06/11/2014 12:32 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2014-06-10, Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> wrote:
>>
>> If it's targeted by a C compiler then it's targeted by an Ada compiler.
>
> That doesn't make sense.
>
> Some random examples:
>
> What about the various microcontrollers you can buy which have C
> available but not a Ada compiler ?
>
> What about IBM's AS/400 or MVS systems ?
>
> What about a usable version of Ada for the PIC32MX ?

What about the AdaMagic compiler that uses ANSI C as its intermediate language?

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Jeff Carter
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