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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,36288d1c39303ceb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-22 05:37:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B332F54.349084B6@earthlink.net> From: "Marc A. Criley" Organization: Quadrus Corporation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Porting GNAT to Debian Hurd References: <3B296913.1F13E65D@engineer.com> <3B2AE5F4.59E4ABE8@engineer.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 12:37:36 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.178.185.114 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 993213456 63.178.185.114 (Fri, 22 Jun 2001 05:37:36 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 05:37:36 PDT X-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 05:35:26 PDT (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9029 Date: 2001-06-22T12:37:36+00:00 List-Id: Charles Hixson wrote: > > > Speaking of abstract machines, does JGnat code require more than > the JVM? Perhaps the bootstrapping could be done via JGnat. > Does the Hurd have a JVM? Can Gnat be compiled into JVM code? > (I think that C code would be a better choice, but JGnat already > exists. If it can compile everything into Java class files, > then maybe the problem of getting started is partially solved.) Having been working regularly with JGNAT 1.1p over the last few months... JGNAT code requires only that the jgnat.jar library be in the CLASSPATH. No different than utilizing any other Java library. JGNAT 1.1p has some limitations and bugs, so in my opinion it's not quite ready for general production use. Based on the problems I've encountered I would doubt that it could compile the GNAT sources. (This is not to say that JGNAT is just a toy, I've used it in some serious work, and it works just fine--you just gotta work around the quirks.) Marc A. Criley Senior Staff Engineer Quadrus Corporation www.quadruscorp.com