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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,94bac711cf2950f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-25 16:52:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!193.251.151.101!opentransit.net!proxad.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Sender: mjw@golux Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Newbie wanna Ada References: <3BD87B95.2000703@maciejsobczak.com> From: Matthew Woodcraft Message-ID: <87k7xj9t97.fsf@chiark.greenend.org.uk> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: 26 Oct 2001 00:47:48 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.107.104.73 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 1004053646 213.107.104.73 (Fri, 26 Oct 2001 00:47:26 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 00:47:26 BST Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15204 Date: 2001-10-26T00:47:48+01:00 List-Id: Maciej Sobczak writes: > 3. What is the level of portability of the source code? C++ suffers > from the fact that many vendors dare to dump crap on the market with > the C++ logo on the boxes. The result is that we have many different > 'dialects' of this (standardised) language. What about Ada? If I write > something for GNAT, can I assume that some imaginary Windows compiler > will eat it? Nothing imaginary about Windows Ada compilers. If you write something with Gnat on Un*x, it will run on Gnat for Windows unless you got into OS-specific stuff. Unlike C++ compilers, an Ada compiler which claims to implement the standardised language will do so without bits missing. You can check in the Gnat reference manual to make sure you're not using Gnat-specific extensions. -M-