ben@tasis.utas.oz (Ben Lian) (04/04/89)
The first occam compiler I ever had was a VAX/UNIX based one from a
British company called The Instruction Set Ltd. (This was some four
years ago.) Source code was provided and, not surprisingly, the
compiler was written in occam and had a UNIX harness which was written
in a mixture of C and VAX assembler. It was interesting to say the
least, and for many probably not a pretty sight.
I wonder what language INMOS writes its occam compilers in? Do they
use compiler construction tools? Would _you_ write a compiler with
occam? Anyone from INMOS care to respond?
In asking these questions, I don't have any ulterior motives other
than the fact that I am curious. You can do some things better in
some languages than in others. What classes of problems do you think
that occam (in its present incarnation) would be better for?
-- bl
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