Re: verdix kisses off Ada

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In article <1993May19.232552.7861@fcom.cc.utah.edu> 
  val@fcom.cc.utah.edu (Val Kartchner) writes:

> . . .
>But not nearly as much (perverse?) pleasure as GNU Ada being developed in
>C/C++.  

I'm sure that some member of the GNU Ada team will berate you appropriately,
but just for the record, the front end of GNU Ada9X is written in Ada,
and will be bootstrapped through itself.  The backend is the
preexisting GNU backend, which is written in C only, as far as I know.
There is an interface layer between the two that is also written
in C, largely for pragmatic, rather than ideological, reasons.

> . . .It's wonderfully ironic that the Ada advocates rely on those who
>they perceive as being diametrically opposed to all of their ideals, the
>GNU C/C++ hackers, to write the tool that will make the world "see the
>light" that is Ada.

Ooh boy, calling the GNU Ada team "hackers" is really asking for
trouble.  I suggest you quickly put on your flame-proof suit...

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