Re: GNAT problem: Hello World

[mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)]

In article <2EE640BF@SMTPGATE2.STRATCOM.AF.MIL>,
Bennett, Chip (KTR) ~U <BennettC@J64.STRATCOM.AF.MIL> wrote:
>Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@MEYER.FYS.KU.DK> writes:

>Are you remembering that "gnatbl" in 1.83 does not create a .EXE file, but
>rather a COFF executable.  If you create your executable with:
>
>     gnatbl test1 -o test1
>
>Then you can execute it with:
>
>     go32 test1

This has not been explained very well in NYU's documentation; I think
they are changing the docs. It is inherent in the djgpp system that
GNAT rides on top of. Read the djgpp.faq file that is (I think)
included in the djgpp zipfile.

>or convert it to a DOS executable with:
>
>     coff2exe test1

which produces test1.exe.
>
>I've heard that "gnatbl" in GNAT 2.00 generates DOS executables directly.

True. Doug Rupp has very considerately included the coff2exe step in
this version of gnatbl. A round of applause for Doug!
>
>By the way, send all problems with GNAT to gnat-report@cs.nyu.edu.  Your
>welcome Robert.  8-)

Amen to that.

Mike Feldman