Re: GNAT and GCC 3.0

[dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)]

Rob_NOWHERE.@. wrote in message news:<9peeff027mb@drn.newsguy.com>...
> Will all the gnat tools, such as gnatmake and others, also be part
> of gcc now?

Yes, but see below

 
> After installing gcc 3.X, which supports Ada, will all 
> the exsiting gnat
> commands, and options, etc... still work the same way? 

The which supports Ada is misleading, see below

> I have looked today at http://gcc.gnu.org and saw nothing 
> about this?

Nor would you expect to

> I think it is great that gcc now supports Ada.

Good, but see below

> This means I can write
> all my software in Ada, and all what the user have to do > is  use gcc
> to compile it, and they do not have to download gnat as a 
> separate task
> to build the software.

No, that's completely wrong, and as in my other post, I
think a lot of people are confused here. GCC is a compiler
collection that includes many front ends (e.g. Objective C,
Fortran etc)

A given install of gcc is done for a specific set of languages, and I
would guess that most people would
continue not to bother to download Ada, and to include
Ada in the configuration.

> I think this alone will cause an immediate increase in 
> the use of Ada in the open source comunity.

Perhaps, but be sure this is not based on a misunderstanding of the
situation. I think you and a lot
of other people are interpreting this announcement to mean
that all versions of gcc will automatically include Ada,
this is not at all the case.

Robert Dewar