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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,f1f875cac34de305 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone.austin.rr.com!fe1.texas.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rod Haper User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Advanced scripting languages References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 19:52:52 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.174.126.211 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: fe1.texas.rr.com 1094327572 24.174.126.211 (Sat, 04 Sep 2004 14:52:52 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 14:52:52 CDT Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online http://www.rr.com Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3322 Date: 2004-09-04T19:52:52+00:00 List-Id: 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" > Subject: Re: Advanced scripting languages (was: Learning Ada83) > To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org > Message-ID: > > "Bjvrn Persson" 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 --- Rod