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From: Robert Dewar <dewar@gnat.com>
Subject: Re: Compilers for VAX Was: Ada version of C's 'static'
Date: 1999/08/04
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In article <37A7EEF4.160F1A55@praxis-cs.co.uk>,
  Rod Chapman <rod@praxis-cs.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > I do not know of any validated Ada 95 compilers for the VAX
>
> Anyone know how difficult it would be to construct a GNAT
> targetting VAX/VMS?  Has anyone ever tried such a port?


The elements of it are there, there is a gcc port for VAX/VMS
(I am not sure it is up to date), and there is the GNAT port
of VMS/AXP.

However, it would likely still be quite a large project, even
for someone who was fully familiar with the GNAT technology.
If you are not fully familiar, you would probably be facing
a pretty difficult task.

We have not done the port at ACT, because so far there has been
no serious commercial interest (Digital in particular had no
interest in this port).

Robert Dewar
Ada Core Technologies


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