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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID
	autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 103376,38b605d7096e2bd9
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public
From: jmarten@ibm.net (Jean-Marten Marchi)
Subject: Re: GNAT firsts (was Re: Ada firsts)
Date: 1999/05/12
Message-ID: <374173b6.23049172@news2.ibm.net>#1/1
X-Deja-AN: 476985795
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
References: <373625B2.719AE8C0@globalnet.co.uk> <7h5l6i$bjd$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
 <3738fc30.15437948@news2.ibm.net> <7h9777$siq$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
 <m2k8ufvg78.fsf_-_@wf-rch.cirr.com>
X-Trace: 12 May 1999 12:32:49 GMT, 139.92.77.73
Organization: IBM Global Services - Remote Access Mail & News Services
X-Notice: should be reported to postmaster@ibm.net
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
MIME-Version: 1.0
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
X-Complaints-To: postmaster@ibm.net
Date: 1999-05-12T00:00:00+00:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

On 11 May 1999 08:22:10 PDT, Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> wrote:

>Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com> writes:
>
>> In article <3738fc30.15437948@news2.ibm.net>,
>>   jmarten@ibm.net (Jean-Marten Marchi) wrote:
>> > Do you have GNAT firsts in mind ?
>> 
>> No, the question was about Ada in general, not GNAT.
>> 
>> I am not sure what a "GNAT first" would be anyway?
>> 
>
>Robert, you are too modest :-).
>
>How about:
>
>  * The first free software Ada compiler
>
>  * The first Ada compiler to fully implement all Ada95 annexes
>    (I think this is correct).
>
>  * The first Ada compiler for Linux (ok, I'm pushing it here)

I'm sure there are other firsts for GNAT. 

The use of the underlying gcc compiler? this feature is the one i like
most.

(sorry for the inconvenience of replying via e-mail; i don't click on
the right button).