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,a8cbbac9daa13964 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-04 14:57:36 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!gwu.edu!gwu.edu!not-for-mail From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: poerMac version of Ada where Date: 4 Dec 1994 17:52:59 -0500 Organization: George Washington University Message-ID: <3bth8b$nif@felix.seas.gwu.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.164.9.3 Date: 1994-12-04T17:52:59-05:00 List-Id: In article , Yan Li wrote: > >Few days ago, I saw a message from this group that there will >be a PowerMac native mode Ada availible soon. Is this still true? >Where can I get it? > I think what you saw was a message from me indicating that we are nearly ready to release a re-compiled version of GW-Ada/Ed-Mac that will run in native mode on a PowerMac. The code it generates is still the same hypothetical code, which is executed by a simulator. Both compilation and execution are quite a bit faster; even the 680x0 code is speeded up by a factor of 4-5. But the speedup is really the only change worth mentioning. No change in functionality. I think our release is about a week away. Expect to see 4 versions: - "fat" binary containing PowerMac and 680x0 (x >= 2) code; - separate binaries for PowerMac, 68000, and 680x0 (we are producing these to fit each of the archives on a single diskette for use as conference souvenirs, easy student distribution, etc.) The 68000 version is very slow; it was built because there were some requests for it from Mac SE owners who understand that it won't perform very well. A lot of students still own old machines! To come back to your query: Alas - there is no Ada compiler that generates PowerMac native code, and, as far as I know, no commercial effort to produce one. Of course, there may be stuff going on in the vendors' "skunk works" that I don't know about. :-) 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Illegitimi non carborundum." (Don't let the bastards grind you down.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------