linnig@skvax1.csc.ti.com (Mike Linnig) (04/19/89)
Paul Bailes asks: > can you tell me whether there exist compiler-compilers (e.g. of the Yacc-Lex, or > even GAG kind) that use Ada (as opposed to e.g. C) as the host language? > [...] > If so (in either of the above cases), what is their availability? We've just received ALEX and AYACC from the Arcadia Project at UC Irvine. These tools generate Ada source (just as their namesakes generated C source). The input formats are similar. Nicest of all, they ship source code in Ada. They also ship an LALR(1) grammer for Ada (based on NYU-ADAED?). Sorry, no action routines though. We compiled the tools with DEC Ada (for VAXs). They seem to work as described (although we have not tested them thoroughly). When compiled with Verdix Ada (on Sun4's) ALEX uncovers a compiler bug. All this for $75 (actually, they ship three other tools too). Mike Linnig ps. Here is the original announcement... ---------------------------------------- From: kari@jasmin.ics.uci.EDU Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: alex/ayacc -- UCI Arcadia release Message-Id: <2608.584402247@jasmin.ics.uci.edu> Date: 8 Jul 88 21:57:27 GMT The Arcadia Project at University of California, Irvine announces the release of two software tools, alex and ayacc. Future releases of these and many other tools/packages are forthcoming. --------------------------- The UCI Arcadia Software Distribution Package 1.0 contains the following. alex: a lexical analyzer generating tool written in Ada and generating Ada code. Alex is modeled after the popular Unix tool, lex. ayacc : a parser generating tool written in Ada and generating Ada code. Ayacc is modeled after the popular Unix tool, yacc. Both tools run under Berkley Unix 4.2 or VAX VMS operating systems. Requests should be directed to UCI Computing Facility. (see below) For information about the tools themselves, please send email to alex-info@ics.uci.edu ayacc-info@ics.uci.edu or write to Arcadia Project Department of Information and Computer Science University of California Irvine, CA 92717 In addition, this package includes Arcturus, an Ada interpreter system developed at UCI under the Programming Environment Project headed by Professor Thomas Standish. The Arcturus software is included with this release because a substantial amount of interest in the ideas it pioneered still exists. This software is no longer supported, and is included here with that understanding. Two versions of the system are provided. Arcturus 1.7: includes a PDL/Rapid Prototyping subsystem. runs on VAX machines. Arcturus 3.4: runs on both VAXes and SUNs. includes most of Ada tasking, but not the PDL system. Both versions run under Berkley Unix 4.2. --------------------------- Interested parties will be asked to sign a license agreement, available from the UCI Computing Facility. The release package will include the above mentioned items on a 1/2" magnetic tape (6250bpi/TAR format) as well as user manuals and installation instructions. A fee of $75, payable to UC Regents, will be charged to cover costs and handling. (cartridge tapes and alternate bpi's can be arranged with the Computing Facility but may require an adjusted fee.) If you are interested in obtaining this package, please contact Computing Facility 360 Computer Science Attn: Arcadia Distribution University of California Irvine, CA 92717 (714) 856-5153 or send email to arcadia-software@ics.uci.edu