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: 103376,5f7d72bde5bb96de X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-03-25 15:04:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!tiscali!newsfeed1.ip.tiscali.net!news.worldonline.be!not-for-mail From: Ludovic Brenta Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is 3.15p -still- the latest GNAT 'p' release? Date: 26 Mar 2004 00:07:29 +0100 Organization: Worldonline Belgium Sender: lbrenta@deuteronomy Message-ID: <87wu5834r2.fsf@insalien.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-62-235-75-104.tiscali.be Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news.worldonline.be 1080255884 15487 62.235.75.104 (25 Mar 2004 23:04:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldonline.be NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 23:04:44 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6533 Date: 2004-03-26T00:07:29+01:00 List-Id: Dale Stanbrough writes: > I was looking at cs.nyu.edu the other day, and the latest Gnat version > still seems to be 3.15, which dates from 2002. > > Is this -really- the latest release? Yes, it is the latest official release, and is still recommended, unless you want to participate in the development of GNAT. There are 3 "branches" of GNAT: (1) the stable, official, "p" (public) releases under GMGPL, (2) the "GNAT Pro" releases offered only to paying customers, and (3) GCC. The Ada front-end in GCC has been available since GCC 3.1, but is not as stable as GNAT 3.15p. The future is uncertain to me. ACT has said they plan to make additional "p" releases available, but there is no telling when. Meanwhile, a lot of work has gone into the upcoming GCC 3.4. It will be more stable, offer some features proposed for Ada 2005, as well as some additions to project files and the GNAT.* library. But it does not support tasking on powerpc-*-linux (a show stopper as far as I am concerned), and lacks GLADE. My recommendation is: stick with 3.15p. If you want to be on the bleeding edge, experiment with GCC 3.4 or, better yet, get involved in the development of GCC 3.5. Avoid GCC 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3. -- Ludovic Brenta.