Re: GNAT on NT anybody

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In <1993Aug27.024824.21373@seas.gwu.edu> mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu writes:

> In article <1993Aug26.154913.25742@enterprise.rdd.lmsc.lockheed.com> bschiff@
stc.lockheed.com writes:
> >Has anybody tried to use GNAT on NT or anything else yet? If so hows it goin
g?
> >
> This question makes me wonder if anyone has yet tried to _port_ GNAT.
> It's an interesting process, because GNAT is written in Ada, not C.
> One could bootstrap it by using a commercial Ada compiler - NYU first
> compiled GNAT with Alsys. This process was documented in an NYU post
> a while ago. 
> 
> But that's no fun - it requires a commercial compiler. An all-GNU
> approach is to use the gcc cross-compilation facilities. If a GNU
> SPARC-to-Sun3 cross exists (just to take one example), then one compiles
> GNAT on the SPARC, takes the assembly language output to the Sun-3
> and re-assembles. It is alleged to be fairly easy if you're an
> experienced gcc hand.
> 
> Once GNAT is ported, new versions can be built from the new sources, because
> GNAT can compile itself. 
> 
> Mike Feldman
> 

What about the Run-Time System? Not all UNIXs are the same. Will this 
not requite custom fiddling on a system by system bases? Sure if 
you've done one SYSTEM V or BSD the others might be easy, but it will
require some wizardry. Now image the problems of going to VMS or MVS.


Don Berryman
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