Re: ada compiler?

["Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@acm.nospam.org>]

Bill Cunningham wrote:
>     I have just began looking at the ada language and some tutorials but I 
> have no idea how to compile ada programs. I am using gcc with C,C++, and Ada 
> support. Do Ada programs have to end in .ads ? How do I work the compiler?

The default for GNAT (which is what you have) is that package 
specifications end in .ads, and everything else ends in .adb. You can 
use other extensions if you like, but to start off with it's probably 
easiest to abide by this convention.

The easiest way to use the compiler is to use gnatmake:

gnatmake -gnato -fstack-check [-O2] <main-procedure-name>

This will compile <main-procedure-name>.adb and everything needed to 
produce an executable for it.

Note that "-gnato -fstack-check" is needed for GNAT to be an Ada compiler.

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Jeff Carter
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