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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2ce6fabed566acd3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-19 04:36:13 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!fauern!zib-berlin.de!prise.nz.dlr.de!news.dfn.de!darwin.sura.net!gwu.edu!gwu.edu!not-for-mail From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GWada - Will it build executables? Date: 15 Nov 1994 12:28:39 -0500 Organization: George Washington University Message-ID: <3aar47$ism@felix.seas.gwu.edu> References: <3aa12a$n2s@pdq.coe.montana.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.164.9.3 Date: 1994-11-15T12:28:39-05:00 List-Id: In article <3aa12a$n2s@pdq.coe.montana.edu>, Aaron Diesen wrote: > >Sorry, I can't figure out whether GWada can build executables. I just >recently got it, but noticed when I 'build' my code, no .exe file is >produced. Is this only a luxury for registered users. If so, good >thinking on the part of the GWada makers. > Unfortunately, you got the _real_ version, not the "crippled" one. That is, you cannot build executables from Ada/Ed, even if you "register" it, which isn't necessary. NYU Ada/Ed and its GW "packaged versions" generate code for a hypothetical machine; this code is then executed using a simulator called adaexec (some would call it an interpreter). There is no code generator for Intel. or any other physical hardware platform. Ada/Ed in all its flavors is really designed for learning Ada without investing money in a compiler. To get Ada 83 .exe files, you'll need to buy one of the commercial compilers. You can also go with GNAT, which generates real code using the GCC back end. The DOS version does not (yet) support tasking, but most of the rest of Ada 9X is there. No tools yet; use your own editor. GNAT is a very nice piece of work, in my opinion, and gets better and better with each new release. And it is free software. Mike Feldman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael B. Feldman - chair, SIGAda Education Working Group Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science The George Washington University - Washington, DC 20052 USA 202-994-5919 (voice) - 202-994-0227 (fax) - mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Internet) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ada on the World-Wide Web: http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Non illegitimi carborundum." (Don't let the bastards grind you down.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------