# Anyone interested in resurrecting an open source strict Ada 83 (mil-std 1815A) compiler?

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**Created:** [July 25, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.ada-lang.io/t/anyone-interested-in-resurrecting-an-open-source-strict-ada-83-mil-std-1815a-compiler/1015 "2024-07-25T13:48:48Z")
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> [@VMo](#):
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> Wil I have to write a substitute to fasmg in Ada 83 ?

There is an old Universal Assembler spec: [IEEE Std 694-1985](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/29141),  
along with a Universal Object spec: [IEEE Std 695-1990](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/159333).

That said, there are some really interesting papers on “cheating”:

1. [Using a High Level Language as a Cross Assembler](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/954269.954277). ← _ **Read This Paper!** _
2. [Lifting Assembly to Intermediate Representation: A Novel Approach Leveraging Compilers](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2954679.2872380).
3. [No More Translation at Runtime: LLM-Empowered Static Binary Translation](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3767295.3803600) might be useful in conjunction with
4. [Toward a foundational typed assembly language](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/604131.604149).

With Paper #1, it shows exactly how you can leverage the compiler of a high-level language to essentially handle cross-assembler work; it’s not a completely seamless model for processing already-generated assembly, **but** it can be used to massively reduce what you have to do.

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