Re: Advanced scripting languages

["Robert C. Leif" <rleif@rleif.com>]

   I agree with Randy with one caveat: 
   The front-end of the compiler should be the same as the one used for
normal compilation; however, the environment should include a group of
precompiled packages (such as in .Net or the Java environment) together with
a very fast link and bind.  This would help for common actions like the
management of directories or code development.  Presently GNAT employs a
specialized Ada like language for their development environment; Alsys had
Ada World. Given the speed of the front ends of present Ada compilers, I
believe that this part of Ada compiler is suitable for creating batch files.
The error messages would be a significant benefit.
      Bob Leif
      
      
      
      From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
      Subject: Re: Advanced scripting languages (was: Learning Ada83)
      To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org
      Message-ID: <taKdnQ2WrI_qn6TcRVn-sA@megapath.net>
      
      "Bjvrn Persson" <spam-away@nowhere.nil> wrote in message
      news:7g2_c.102478$dP1.364156@newsc.telia.net...
      Marius Amado Alves wrote:
      
      >>> It would also be useful and practical to learn one of the advanced
      >>> scripting languages like Perl or Python or Ruby....
      >>
      >> Wow, they're *advanced* scripting languages now!
      >
      >Sure, a *lot* more advanced than bat files. ;-)
      
      That's funny, because if it's complicated enough that I can't write a
batch
      file to do it, I'll generally write it in Ada. Bat has If and Goto,
and that
      is enough for simple tasks. Beyond that, I want to be able to fix it
and be
      able to insure that it works...
      
                         Randy.