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,bba87bb831d869b6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-16 05:01:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!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: <3B7BA9E2.FD47B87@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: Make C++ via Ada95/Gnat ? References: <9lg0gs$9dv$1@snipp.uninett.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 12:01:39 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 158.252.123.60 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 997963299 158.252.123.60 (Thu, 16 Aug 2001 05:01:39 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 05:01:39 PDT X-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 04:58:24 PDT (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11979 Date: 2001-08-16T12:01:39+00:00 List-Id: Larry Kilgallen wrote: > > In article <9lg0gs$9dv$1@snipp.uninett.no>, Reinert Korsnes writes: > > > Is it possible/practical to produce C++ code by first making Ada95 code > > and then from this produce C++ (via Gnat) ? Just a bad idea ? > > It should not be possible via GNAT, since GNAT and G++ are two > different front-ends to the same back end. The fact that GNAT > can emit Java byte code is an anomoly to support the Java byte > code engine as a "target". GNAT generally emits either machine > code (in ASCII) or assembler code (I don't know which). _JGNAT_, not GNAT, emits Java byte code. Marc A. Criley Senior Staff Engineer Quadrus Corporation www.quadruscorp.com