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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, INVALID_MSGID,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC,WEIRD_PORT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2320d78f9005f3ef,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Brian Takle Subject: Request Compiler Info Date: 1998/06/19 Message-ID: <358B0909.8B31E3EA@earthling.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 364357811 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: PressEnter Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: takle@earthling.net Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-06-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: I'm looking for a language which will permit me to develop an application or two for a nonprofit which has bountiful vintage Intel 8086/8088 MSDOS machines freely available. I'm most interested in stability and ease of maintenance, and since Ada has been around a good long time, it seems like a prime choice. However, before I dive right in, download a compiler, and begin learning the language, I'd like to be certain I'll be able to build for the target machines. I can't seem to learn quite enough about an Ada compiler that will do what I'm looking for--the web sites I've visited appear to assume familiarity with both the language and the popular compilers, which makes them slightly overwhelming from my point of view. Can GNAT build for such targets? Could a kind sould please point me toward a properly informative text or email/post a response? Thanks much, in advance, and any apologies if this is an "asked-and-answered"... -- Brian Takle email takle@earthling.net PGP Key http://www.pressenter.com/~btakle/pgp/pgpkey.html or Keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371