home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.compilers
- Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!spdcc!iecc!compilers-sender
- From: brent@rcx1.ssd.csd.harris.com (Brent W. Benson)
- Subject: Re: Compiler Construction in Ada
- Reply-To: brent@rcx1.ssd.csd.harris.com (Brent W. Benson)
- Organization: Compilers Central
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 14:27:10 GMT
- Approved: compilers@iecc.cambridge.ma.us
- Message-ID: <93-01-047@comp.compilers>
- Keywords: courses, Ada
- References: <93-01-038@comp.compilers> <93-01-028@comp.compilers>
- Sender: compilers-sender@iecc.cambridge.ma.us
- Lines: 21
-
- davidm@questor.rational.com (David Moore) writes:
-
- > Ada would be a perfectly fine language to write a compiler in, but I
- > would say that the prime requirement is that the students already
- > have whatever language you choose when they come into the course.
-
- I don't agree (what does it mean to "have" a language anyway). What
- better way to learn a langauge than to write a compiler in that language?
- (Answer: write a compiler for it.) By teaching C classes and Fortran
- classes and Pascal classes we're reinforcing the idea that there is
- something completely unique about that language. You should be able to
- explain the idiosyncrasies of a new language to a junior or senior-level
- CS student, give him or her a manual and start giving assignments.
-
- Sorry, for the digression into comp.edu issues.
-
- Brent Benson
- Harris Computer Systems
- --
- Send compilers articles to compilers@iecc.cambridge.ma.us or
- {ima | spdcc | world}!iecc!compilers. Meta-mail to compilers-request.
-