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From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: linking C library functions in Ada DOS .EXE
Date: 1996/05/01
Date: 1996-05-01T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4m8cga$pma@felix.seas.gwu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: DqnCwu.69@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl


In article <DqnCwu.69@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl>,
Jerry van Dijk <jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl> wrote:

>However, be aware that the int86 functions in djgpp V1.X do not support all
>possible calls, and might not be portable to the newer dpmi enviroment.
>Use _dpmi_simulate_int() to be on the safe side. See my VGA package (probably
>still to be found at ftp.gwu.edu in the EZ2LOAD directory) for examples.

Yes, it's there and is a VERY nice piece of work! The full path is

ftp.gwu.edu/pub/ada/ez2load
>
>: The GNAT version I'm using is 2.06 for DOS. Thanks in advance.
>
>At the same place you will find newer versions of GNAT for DOS. V3.03 is
>current and is really /much/ better then 2.06. 

Well, actually we're distributing 3.01 as part of ez2load. 
3.03 is available at cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat - I did not realize it
was there till very recently.

I've been testing a version of 3.03 compiled for djgpp version 2,
which also supports tasking. Currently this is a sort of "beta",
not-quite-fully-integrated. We've been discussing with ACT whether
to release this 3.03. They'd prefer to wait for 3.04, because
two distinct, and very different, 3.03's would be confusing.

If 3.04 comes out real soon, it makes sense to wait, I think.
Otherwise we may put out the 3.03. We are in close touch with the 
ACT-ers on this.

We're not quite ready in any case, because we're still exploring
the interactions between the new DJGPP environment and AdaCAPS.
There are a few things we don;t quite understand yet. 

Once we release, whether 3.03 or 3.04, it will be a really nice
GNAT plus a nice new version of AdaCAPS and some other goodies.
I'm quite pleased with the tasking.

I hate to be in the "Real Soon Now" state, but I guess it was
inevitable...

BTW - Jerry's VGA package compiles right up and runs nicely under
the new version, too.:-)

Mike Feldman




  reply	other threads:[~1996-05-01  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1996-04-29  0:00 linking C library functions in Ada DOS .EXE ricardo
1996-04-29  0:00 ` Samuel Tardieu
1996-04-29  0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1996-05-01  0:00   ` Michael Feldman [this message]
1996-05-02  0:00     ` Jerry van Dijk
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