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Subject: Re: Needed - Ada 2012 Compiler.
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On Monday, 27 May 2019 11:30:20 UTC+1, alby....@gmail.com  wrote:
> On Monday, May 27, 2019 at 3:42:55 PM UTC+10, obyrne...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I have a lot of successful cryptography that is written in Ada - 95 using a very ancient gnat 311.p compiler . I intend to update all of this now and use an ADA 2012 more modern compiler.
> > 
> > Questions:
> >  Is Ada-2012 the most recent compiler.
> >  Is John Barnes book on this topic the better one to use.
> >  Is it at all possible to get this compiler on a CD ROM. 
> > 
> > Any advice would be appreciated.
> > 
> > Adacrypt.
> 
> Hi AdaCrypt
> 
> You did not mention what you OS is (or how your software is licensed). Their
> are a few open source/community editions available, That may suit you, these
> being.
> 
> - AdaCore's GNAT 2018 community edition (cant be used in commercial apps.)
> (this supports windows x86/x64 , Linux x86/x64 (and I believe Mac?)
> 
> - MSYS2 (this supports windows x64, although if you are feeling keen, then
> you could build a windows x86 target if needed. I believe that this can be used
> in a commercial product ?)
> 
> - Simon Wright has a GNAT FSF MacOS build, same licensing as MSYS2 applies.
> 
> WRT John Barnes publications (ie Rational's). I find them very good at
> describing the new features in each iteration/version of Ada.
> 
> You don't need to get the compiler on CD-Rom, just download from the following
> 
> - AdaCore's community edition is at https://www.adacore.com/download
> - Msys2 - First install MSYS2 and then use pacman to install gnat
> - macOS - https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuada/files/GNAT_GCC%20Mac%20OS%20X/9.1.0/
> 
> Alex

Many Thanks Alex - I will download it as you suggest.