From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,15ce5e046cd0b91d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-05 07:10:50 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!129.250.35.146!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ADA for OS/2 Message-ID: <0fqDUcnQj8JQ@eisner.encompasserve.org> References: <3B417021.A68938D2@eyup.org> <3B41A4C7.E819C1E3@eyup.org> <20010704114900.48bc8b38.McCratch@gmx.net> <3B431D22.C20FF8BD@eyup.org> Organization: LJK Software Date: 5 Jul 2001 10:10:30 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 994342232 216.44.122.34 (Thu, 05 Jul 2001 14:10:32 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 14:10:32 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9469 Date: 2001-07-05T10:10:30-05:00 List-Id: In article , Stephen Leake writes: > In general, it is assumed people installing from source can figure out > how to use the required tools. In general, that is true, but in the case of GNAT it seems that ACT is only releasing binaries for certain platforms these days, which means installation from source becomes more commonplace and is not at all based on expertise (especially in view of ACT's statement that they feel the public releases should be for student use).