> Robert Dewar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | It's interestinng to note that in the Ada world, there is an ISO > | standard for plugins, which is compiler/vendor neutral (at least > | in theory, in practice there are some implementation dependencies). > | That's the ASIS interface (Ada Semantic Interface Specification). > > So, is it that plugins are good for Ada (and I presume the GNU Ada > front end) but not for GCC?
Robert is using the word "plugin" differently. ASIS is an interface and a library. There are no plugins in the sense discussed here. He means it in a very generic sense, in the sense that we already have it for GCC.
