"Dewar's compiler", was Re: Learning Windows 95 programming with Ada?

[Tom Moran <tmoran@bix.com>]

The original message said:
>I am currently using the GNAT compiler for MS-DOS ...
> ... Any recommendations?

Dewar's response said:
>... the way to proceed is to get hold of the Intermetrics
>Win32 bindings. These are very close to the C bindings, so you can get
>anyone of many books on these bindings to know what the routines do.
>They work with both GNAT and with Object Ada. ...

Now Dewar says:
>... started off with a question from someone who specifically
>said they were currently using GNAT ...
>By what stretch of the imagination is that a "recommendation of GNAT"?

  There are two different things with the same name here.  "GNAT" as
mentioned by the original poster refers to an old compiler he
possesses that was developed by, but is no longer supported by, ACT,
that runs under MS-DOS.  "GNAT" as mentioned as part of "the way to
proceed" by Dewar I understand to be Windows GNAT, a current product
line of ACT.  If I'm mistaken, and the questioner can in fact use his
existing MS-DOS GNAT along with the Intermetrics bindings to produce
Windows 95 programs, and that is what Robert Dewar was suggesting,
please correct me.

  Since "GNAT" is a family name of related compilers of different
vintages, platforms, sources, and prices, perhaps it would be a good
idea in the future to refer to specific subsets of that family to
avoid such tedious discussions.