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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7d89b3715fbe1f57 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: full@news.syspac.com (full) Subject: RE: Mac OS System 8 & Ada95 Date: 1996/09/11 Message-ID: <515j95$clr@news.syspac.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 179867235 references: <00001a73+00003448@msn.com> <00001a73+00003453@msn.com> <1996Sep10.102855.1@eisner> organization: Systems Solutions Inc. (Arizona's Internet Provider) x-authenticated: full on INN-RP host news.syspac.com newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-09-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <1996Sep10.102855.1@eisner> kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen) writes: > Everything I have heard so far indicates that for 68K the resultant > applications can run only under the Tenon environment. That means > someone writing a commercial application would only be able to sell > it to customers who also bought the Tenon environment. Larry is correct 68k apps are machten only. I have looked at what it will take to get 68k apps to be generated by the ppc version of the compiler. i have built a 68k cross compiler in the past. the nice thing about gnat is that source is available and we can enhance it to meet our needs. i have spent a lot of time working on gnat for the mac in the last year, and with a LOT of help from ACT i have a fair understanding of gnat and gnat tasking on the mac. i obviously cant do it all, one of mac-gnat team is working on improved thin bindings, a user has released a first cut at a thick binding and mac OS application framework. its still in the early stages but it is something to build on. i am working on IDE, and i know that mike Feldman is think along the lines of getting his students working on a mac IDE as they did for dos. there was a lot of requests for Mac Ada its here now its real, but its a basis for growth! I have gotten a lot of help from the gnat team, and i am more than willing to give some of it back to the ada community by helping others build on gnat-mac! best jim