Re: GVD port planned for Mac OS X?

[jim <jim_evart@yahoo.com>]

Another point, there have already been 2 binary releases of gnat for os
x and a third is immenent.  we are doing a number of things that will
show up soon including the ability to build native os x apps (carbon
for right now).  bindings are coming along.

jim


In article
<270220020813342972%thehouseofcards@remove.this.part.mac.com>, Michael
Card <thehouseofcards@remove.this.part.mac.com> wrote:

> Robert-
> 
> The WHOLE POINT of this thread was that the page you say everyone
> should go to SAYS NOTHING about GVD!!  If you do a string search for
> GVD on that page, it will say "text string GVD not found"
> 
> Don't chide everyone for talking about this on CLA as if they were too
> stupid to go to the Adapower page on GNAT for Mac OS X; the info isn't
> there, hence the question.
> 
> By the way, thanks to all of you who answered on this. If I understand
> correctly the first version will be available from the Adapower page by
> the end of this week, I believe as part of the first Mac OS X binary
> distribution of GNAT. 
> 
> - Mike
> 
> 
> In article <5ee5b646.0202270436.106d5a75@posting.google.com>, Robert
> Dewar <dewar@gnat.com> wrote:
> 
> > Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote in message
> > news:<uu1s46ihv.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov>...
> > 
> > We now have three messages from three separate people speculating as
> > to what needs to be ported to get GNAT
> > working on MAC/OSX.
> > 
> > It might be more fruitful to spend a trivial amount of 
> > time doing a search to find out that the various items
> > mentioned HAVE already been ported!
> > 
> > ACT does not currently support GNAT Professional on Mac OSX and has no
> > current plans to do so (although that may change in the future,
> > depending on market demand).
> > 
> > However, there is a very active volunteer effort, thanks to
> > all those involved, and especially to Jim Hopper who has
> > put a great deal of technical effort into successive GNAT
> > ports for the Mac.
> > 
> > For the search engine challenged folks :-), the link for more
> > information is
> > 
> > http://adapower.net/macos
> > 
> > Robert Dewar
> > Ada Core Technologies