Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!linus!gatech!hubcap!disd
From: disd@hubcap.UUCP (Gary R. Heffelfinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: DRACO
Message-ID: <897@hubcap.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jan 88 22:24:11 GMT
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Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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I have just discovered DRACO, the curious language written by a
professional compiler writer in his off hours.  (Forgive me, but his
name escapes me.)  Are there any experienced DRACO users (Draconians?)
on the net?  Does the compiler's author have access to it?  I've been
writing some programs in it over the last few evenings and I admit that
I like its feel.  Consider, though, that I've been spending far too much
time spinning my wheels with TDI Modula-2, so just about any working
compiler that doesn't steal my precious memory would be refreshing. :-)

The author has provided resonably good documentation and lots of code
samples to read, so I'm not really looking for that kind of information.
What I'd really like to know is, are there any vicious bugs I should be
aware of?  The simple Intuition programs I've attempted have worked like
a charm, but I haven't gone very deep and I certainly haven't written
any long code.  I'd also like to get a feel for whether or not the
author is still working with it.  In his docs he mentioned that he was
working on a Amiga version of his DRACO linker. I believe he also
mentioned some REAL variable support.  (Don't really need it much but
it's nice to have it when I do need it.)  The bottom line is that it
impresses me enough that I'd be willing to send the author some $$'s for
his work, assuming that he hasn't completely abandoned work on it.


-- 
Gary R. Heffelfinger                  Employed by, but not the 
disd@hubcap.clemson.edu               mouthpiece of, Clemson University
"If you prick me, do I not...leek?"  -  Data