Re: C++ source of GANT compiler ???

[Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>]

In article <874buq$n56$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com> wrote:
> In article <389568BF.69A8DA62@tor.indra.es>,
>   mbaz@tor.indra.es wrote:
>
> > Please , where could we get the C++ source of GNAT Compiler
(any
> > version) ???
>
> :-)
>
> I seriously doubt there *ever* was C++ source for Gnat. The
C++ language
> was still under development while Gnat was being created back
in the
> '93-'94 time frame. I think Gnat was already self-hosted (iow:
Compiled
> using Gnat) when I first came in contact with it back in '94.
There may
> once have been C code that compiled a very minimal version of
the
> language, but that would be long gone by now.

The GNAT front end was always 100% Ada, it started life by
being bootstrapped using Alsys Adaworld on a Sun Sparc. There
never was and likely never will be C nor C++ code for GNAT
(what would be the point?) There is no need, since cross-
compilation works fine for moving to new platforms.

Robert Dewar
Ada Core Technologies


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