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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Pascal compiler?
Message-ID: <2448@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 4 May 89 18:04:52 GMT
References: <14391@louie.udel.EDU> <2436@ast.cs.vu.nl> <714@dutrun.UUCP>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
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In article <714@dutrun.UUCP> tnsgvdp@dutrun.UUCP (R.van der Pol) writes:
>I thought this compiler is based on the ACK and as far as I know one
>only has to change the back-end once for different cpu's and then one 
>can use any ACK front-end without any changes. Or is the ACK setup not
>that nice?
It is, but the compilers from UniPress & Transmediair are not the full ACK.
In theory, I could have generated a Pascal compiler from ACK for the
68000 and thus eliminated all the work.  Unfortunately, I just don't
have the time.  (Libraries, a.out formats, etc. all have to be looked at).
Sorry.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)