Re: Building an Ada compiler

[James E. Hopper <jhopper@erinet.com>]

In article <DttMro.Az0.0.-s@inmet.camb.inmet.com> Tucker Taft,
stt@henning.camb.inmet.com writes:
>Not everyone agrees with you, but as you say, they will have to put
>their money or their time where there mouth is.  Even using MPW
>on the Mac is distasteful to many people.  There really is no need
>for a command-line interface if you start from scratch with an IDE
>like CodeWarrior.  However, it is different when you have an elaborate
>system already built around make-like tools.  Moving that to a 
>command-line-less environment can be painful.
>

Thats why i have been working on making the gcc tools have mac
interefaces.
One of the things i like about tenons environment is i can put mac OS
interfaces and calls into unix tools.  i am working on a nice mac
style interface for gnat under machten that will eventually i hope
look much like the codewarrior IDE.  It won't be useful for building or
maintaining gcc/gnat, but it should be a nice environment for developing
ada code in if i get it right.   If someone wants a different environment
they are free to do their own versions of the IDE.  i would submit that
what people want is a better environment for gnat on mac, not a different
compiler.
To this end i will help anyone who wants to work on an IDE to fit the
existing
compiler into.  this is a WHOLE lot less work than building a new
compiler!

jim