gcc distribution (was: SOLVED! Decoupled Mutual Recursion Challenger)

[ncohen@watson.ibm.com (Norman H. Cohen)]

In article <38tdeo$bta@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>, kenner@lab.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard
Kenner) writes: 

|> In article <CyEsGL.KGE@inmet.camb.inmet.com> bobduff@dsd.camb.inmet.com (Bob Duff) writes: 
...
|> >I've heard that the GNAT Ada compiler will also be distributed with gcc.
|>
|> No, that's unlikely due to its size.

This is distressing.  One of the things that most excited me about the
GNAT project when I first heard about it was the prospect that an Ada
compiler would be hidden in each standard gcc distribution, and thus
serve as a Trojan horse to sneak Ada into the camps of the C programmers.

Upon accidently discovering Ada compilers on their machines, gcc users,
epsecially in academia might be tempted to try it out one day.
Also, users would be more likely to download Ada source code if they were
told, "You probably already have an Ada compiler on your machine that you
never knew about," than if they were told, "You can obtain an Ada
compiler by anonymous ftp as follows...." A tool readily at hand is much
more likely to be tried out on a whim than one that must be retrieved
over the net first.

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Norman H. Cohen    ncohen@watson.ibm.com