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: 103376,532d4809fbdb99c9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-13 17:27:42 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!caen!crl.dec.com!crl.dec.com!jac.zko.dec.com!ada9x.enet.dec.com!brett From: brett@ada9x.enet.dec.com (Bevin R. Brett) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Digital and Ada ? Date: 13 DEC 94 20:27:42 EST Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Message-ID: <3clhp5$gch@jac.zko.dec.com> References: <3cho5r$k4f@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com> <3ck4qk$fn2@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: ADA9X Date: 1994-12-13T20:27:42-05:00 List-Id: In article <3ck4qk$fn2@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>, kenner@lab.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner) writes... >Actually, GNAT should run just fine under VAX/VMS, since there's a >well-maintained GCC on VAX/VMS. Yes, but it almost certainly won't compile the DEC Ada pragmas that do all the interesting work around being a VMS compiler (pass-by-descriptor for example) nor will it necessarily be capable of compiling the same range of representation clauses, nor ... It will require quite a lot of work for GNAT to become a DEC Ada substitute. /Bevin