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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk>
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Subject: Ada on mainframes (Was: an interested business-oriented programmer)
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Marin:

> (is there an Ada implementation for a mainframe that is still in use?)

I haven't managed to get GNAT to work on an IBM S/390, but it should be
possible. GCC already works with the C front end[1].

Jacob

1) There is a catch - it is on Linux/390, not on OS/390.
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