Re: Advanced scripting languages

[Rod Haper <rhaper@houston.rr.com>]

Robert C. Leif wrote:
>    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.
> 


Doesn't BUSH's AdaScript begin to fit this niche?

http://www.vaxxine.com/pegasoft/downloads/bushguide.html


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Rod