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From: Pascal Sartoretti <Pascal.Sartoretti@elca.ch>
Subject: Re: Ada on MVS
Date: 1998/12/21
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dewar@gnat.com wrote:
> There is currently no Ada 95 compiler for MVS. Probably the
> easiest path would be a GNAT port, since there is a gcc
> available for MVS, but this would not be a trivial port,
> and in particular specialized work would be needed to get
> the tasking and tools working.

There seems to be in fact two possibilities for a GNAT port to OS/390
(the new correct name today of MVS, sorry for the confusion):

1. A port to OS/390 itself.
2. A port to "OS/390 UNIX System Services" (see
http://www2.s390.ibm.com/oe/index.html). It seems to be an Unix layer
added on top of OS/390.

The second solution should hopefully be easier than the first one. Which
one would you qualify as "non trivial"?

Pascal