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,dd0ab03054055c44 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-08 20:00:46 PST Path: swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!sun.cais.com!news.cais.com!cais.cais.com!lance From: lance@cais.cais.com (Lance Kibblewhite) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT & Windows NT Date: 9 Feb 1995 03:27:20 GMT Organization: Capital Area Internet Service info@cais.com 703-448-4470 Message-ID: <3hc22o$24r@news.cais.com> References: <3h3j4e$9kn@news.cais.com> <3h6o5j$ge8@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cais.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: 1995-02-09T03:27:20+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar (dewar@cs.nyu.edu) wrote: : Lance says : "I see that the currently available version of GNAT is intended for Pentium : systems only. : Is anybody working on a version for 486's? There can't be too many things : within GNAT (or GCC) that would necessitate a Pentium rather then a 486. : Actually, I'd prefer an Alpha AXP version, but I would guess that is : really a problem with getting a GCC port first. : Where did you get the idea that the current version of GNAT is only for : the Pentium. This is nonsense, it is a 386/486/Pentium port (remember : that these architectures are equivalent at the user level, modulo Pentium's : well publicized incapability of guarateeing correct division results). The idea that it was for a Pentium was a combination of two factors. Firstly, it is labelled as an i586 version, and secondly, I had the assumption that while members of the x86 family were upward compatible, they were necessarily downward comptible. This assumption is obviously incorrect (for 386, 486, and Pentium). Now that I have been enlightened, I will proceed to install GNAT on my 486 NT system. : There already is a version for Alpha AXP. I've also been told this one is a month or so away. I need this one for work, but I can wait. -- lance.