Re: time to write a compiler

holliday@csgrad.cs.vt.edu (Glenn Holliday)
6 Nov 90 01:12:07 GMT

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From: holliday@csgrad.cs.vt.edu (Glenn Holliday)
Summary: Anecdotal data
Keywords: Cobol, compiler
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science, Blacksburg, VA
References: <9011051653.AA04571@curley.osf.org>
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Date: 6 Nov 90 01:12:07 GMT

An a truly wierd data point, after completing a design for a graphics - to -
database compiler, the funding org forced us to do the coding in
Cobol. Yes, it _is_ possible to write a compiler in any language, but
it took us more than a year to get it up and running in Cobol.


Glenn Holliday holliday@csgrad.cs.vt.edu
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