Re: Code portability question

[Mike Werner <mwerner@wvu.edu>]

bill_1@nospam.com wrote:
> What compilers were used on the PC and on Unix? What OS's ?

As far as I know, the PC was a Windoze machine using the AdaGide
compiler.  The Unix machine is - according to the login screen results -
first Unix System V Release 4.0 before I login, then changes to SunOS
5.5.1 after login.  And we use the gnat extension (addon? not sure
exactly what to call it) version 3.10p on it.

> The only case I would see where an Ada program would compile on one system
> and not on the other is if it used some packages that one compiler has as
> part of its standard installation, and another did not. Ada is one of the
> most portable langauges out there.

That thought had occured to me, but I do not remember having any trouble
with it when I took it.  And I'm told that the programming assignments
haven't changed for quite a few years.  There was one locally modified
package, but we were explicitly told about that one and exactly how to
deal with it.
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