Re: GNAT problem: Hello World

["Bennett, Chip (KTR) ~U" <BennettC@J64.STRATCOM.AF.MIL>]

Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@MEYER.FYS.KU.DK> writes:

> I've got a problem with GNAT-1.83-DOS (just downloaded from ftp.cdrom.com
> yesterday):
>
> The Hello.adb example freezes the computer when I try
> to run it. It seems to compile and link fine.
>
> Could somebody please help me (or point me to some help).

and W ALI <W.Ali1@BRADFORD.AC.UK> writes:

> I'm having exactly the same problem too !
>
> I've even tried typing a short program myself, but this tells me that the
> program is too big for memory.  This is impossible as it is only a few
> lines long.  Anybody ?

Are you remembering that "gnatbl" in 1.83 does not create a .EXE file, but
rather a COFF executable.  If you create your executable with:

     gnatbl test1 -o test1

Then you can execute it with:

     go32 test1

or convert it to a DOS executable with:

     coff2exe test1

I've heard that "gnatbl" in GNAT 2.00 generates DOS executables directly.

By the way, send all problems with GNAT to gnat-report@cs.nyu.edu.  Your
welcome Robert.  8-)

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