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Date: 16 Sep 92 18:26:54 GMT
From: visicom!amstel!rlk@nosc.mil  (Bob Kitzberger)
Subject: Re: Compiler in its own language (Was: Re: Play 20K expressions again,
 Sam)
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jab@ddci.dk (Jacob Baekke-Groome) writes:

>This is not completely true - our experience is that we do not use all 
>facilities in Ada extensively - compilers are basicly sequential processes
>so you do not need tasking and interrupt handler etc. 

Some compiler vendors write their runtime libraries (including tasking,
board support packages, etc.) in (mainly) Ada.  As such, interrupt handlers,
representation specs, etc. are put through the ringer.

	.Bob.
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