Announcing JGNAT public version 1.0p

[Robert Dewar <dewar@gnat.com>]

          Ada Core Technologies & ACT Europe

                      Announce

The first JGNAT public version The Ada 95 Development
          Environment for the Java Platform

           New York & Paris, March 31, 2000


Ada Core Technologies and ACT Europe announce the first
public release of JGNAT, the Ada 95 Development Environment
for the Java Platform.  JGNAT is a port of the GNAT Ada 95
technology to the Java environment.  JGNAT supports the
development of both applications and applets.

JGNAT comprises a compiler generating Java bytecode that is
compatible with Java virtual machines conforming to Sun's
standard (JDK 1.1 and above), and a set of tools to aid in
developing Ada programs for the Java platform.  The JGNAT
compiler required the development of a new back-end
specifically designed for the JVM and written entirely in
Ada.

JGNAT comes with a powerful tool called jvm2ada that serves
to automatically generate compatible Ada bindings for the
complete set of standardized Java API classes (and in fact
for any set of class files).  Programmers can use any Java
class or component as well as develop Ada classes or
components to be used in Java applications and be assured
that their code will inter operate with the Java world and
Java-enabled browsers.  An interesting set of applets and
applications is provided with JGNAT to illustrate
interfacing between Ada and the Java world.

Following the standard policy of Ada Core Technologies and
ACT Europe, JGNAT is being distributed under the GNU GPL
licensing scheme.

Binary versions for this public version of JGNAT are:

o GNU/Linux (glibc2.1)
o Sun/Solaris
o Windows NT 4.0 (as
  well as Windows 2000, Windows 98 and Windows 95)

JGNAT 1.0p can be found at ftp.cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat/jgnat
and on other public sites distributing GNAT related material
See the README file for further information on JGNAT.  A
number of papers comparing Ada 95 and the Java programming
language are also provided with JGNAT 1.0p.

If you are considering using JGNAT in commercial
applications, please contact our sales offices.

In the U.S. and Australia, contact Ada Core Technologies at:
Tel: +1 (212) 620 7300 ext 117 Fax:  +1 (212) 807 0162
Email: sales@gnat.com

In Europe and elsewhere, contact ACT Europe at:  Tel:  +33 1
49 70 67 16 Fax:  +33 1 49 70 05 52 Email:
sales@act-europe.fr



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