Re: GNAT and Windows 95

[pascal.obry@der.edfgdf.fr (Pascal Obry)]

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"Wasiliy W. Molostoff" <edv@rtsnet.ru> wrote:

>Perhaps anybody can explain situation with Win32 GNAT porting?
>I have seen Cygnus GNU-Win32 Project compiler + libs + binaries
>and I think that this is a best place for new versions of GNAT.
>Does any body make any efforts in such way?

Well GNAT for Win32 is not up to date because ACT is working
on a new distribution.

GNAT Win32 is merging with the Win32 Cygnus GCC and this is a lot of
works.

I don't know when the first release will be out but I'am sure it's
worth waiting... Why ?

Because :

1) the Cygnus Win32 GCC has almost all librairies to do Win32
programming (libkernel32.a libgdi32.a libwsock32.a libglu.a libglaux.a
libgdbm.a libuser32.a libvfw32.a libodbc32.a and many many more...)

So this version with the Win32Ada binding will enable you to do Win32
programming without having to buy the SDK or VC++.

2) Cygnus has done a lot of works to make a UNIX-like layer under
Win32.

So this will enable Win32 Ada user to use packages like Forest
(POSIX-1003.5) under Win32.

Maybe ACT could add more informations or correct me if I said
something worng.

Hope this help,
Pascal.

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