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- From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
- Subject: Re: Play 20K expressions again, Sam
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.161353.5418@seas.gwu.edu>
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- Organization: George Washington University
- References: <9192@verdix.verdix.com> <199209080707.AA06873@cnam.cnam.fr> <dnsurber.715958256@node_26400>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 16:13:53 GMT
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- In article <dnsurber.715958256@node_26400> dnsurber@lescsse.jsc.nasa.gov (Douglas N. Surber) writes:
- >
- >Actually no. The Verdix compiler is written in C, not that silly Ada thing. :).
- Indeed. Verdix, ICC, DEC, and Meridian use other languages to write their
- compilers. Alsys, RR, TeleSoft, and Rational all use Ada.
-
- Is Verdix' commitment to C as a host language a contributing factor in the
- bugs being so hard to fix?
-
- A nice consequence of compiler houses writing their stuff is Ada is that
- the developers really have to know Ada! I believe that will help them
- better to understand the kinds of programs their customers will write.
- (The Verdix guy's use of a C-ism shows me which language he focuses on...)
-
- Mike Feldman
-