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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,93fa00d728cc528e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,93fa00d728cc528e X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-01 18:10:07 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!ncohen From: ncohen@watson.ibm.com (Norman H. Cohen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.object Subject: gcc distribution (was: SOLVED! Decoupled Mutual Recursion Challenger) Date: 31 Oct 1994 14:13:41 GMT Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Distribution: world Message-ID: <392u2l$jt4@watnews1.watson.ibm.com> References: <1994Oct25.155420.27353@swlvx2.msd.ray.com> <38pulp$ovg@oahu.cs.ucla.edu> <38tdeo$bta@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> Reply-To: ncohen@watson.ibm.com NNTP-Posting-Host: rios8.watson.ibm.com Xref: nntp.gmd.de comp.lang.ada:16389 comp.object:16905 Date: 1994-10-31T14:13:41+00:00 List-Id: In article <38tdeo$bta@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>, kenner@lab.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner) writes: |> In article 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. -- Norman H. Cohen ncohen@watson.ibm.com