Language development

Language development

[munnoch]

This post was partly inspired by the ada2006 post a few doors down from this 
one.  I was wondering, in a casual sense, what goes into the development of 
a language, for example ADA?
I've tried searching the web (google), but most of my searches are drowned 
out by general programming language information and nothing turns up of an 
eye catching nature.
I was wondering if anyone could (and if so, provide) help in finding 
anything that could help attain at least an overview of the process?

apologies beforehand if i have not checked what would be regarded as obvious 
places to find such information. 

Re: Language development

[Ed Falis]

On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:21:57 -0400, munnoch <munnoch@btinternet.com> wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone could (and if so, provide) help in finding
> anything that could help attain at least an overview of the process?

You might find the following page interesting:  
http://www.adacore.com/aa_lectures.php

- Ed

Re: Language development

[Jeffrey Carter]

munnoch wrote:

> This post was partly inspired by the ada2006 post a few doors down from this 
> one.  I was wondering, in a casual sense, what goes into the development of 
> a language, for example ADA?
> I've tried searching the web (google), but most of my searches are drowned 
> out by general programming language information and nothing turns up of an 
> eye catching nature.
> I was wondering if anyone could (and if so, provide) help in finding 
> anything that could help attain at least an overview of the process?

The Ada FAQ at adapower.com has an article (What is the history of Ada?) 
that describes the process that resulted in Ada.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"We use a large, vibrating egg."
Annie Hall
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Re: Language development

[Pascal Obry]

"munnoch" <munnoch@btinternet.com> writes:

> I was wondering if anyone could (and if so, provide) help in finding 
> anything that could help attain at least an overview of the process?

Depending on the goal. If you want the language to succeed you have a
single focus : Marketing.

If you want a good-strong-robust language like Ada then it's quite
different. I'm sorry, I know this does not answer your question but I could
not resist :)

Pascal.

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