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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5f8432149982f35e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fca1b,5f8432149982f35e X-Google-Attributes: gidfca1b,public From: "Jeff Creem" Subject: Re: Ada and QNX Date: 2000/09/29 Message-ID: <8r29q0$q6j$1@pyrite.mv.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 675540831 References: <8r1i82$ri3$1@kujawiak.man.lodz.pl> <8r1uc0$dve$1@pyrite.mv.net> <8r25kg0ujl@drn.newsguy.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mv.com X-Trace: pyrite.mv.net 970238592 26835 199.125.99.211 (29 Sep 2000 14:43:12 GMT) Organization: MV Communications, Inc. X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Sep 2000 14:43:12 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.os.qnx Date: 2000-09-29T14:43:12+00:00 List-Id: "Armin Steinhoff" wrote in message news:8r25kg0ujl@drn.newsguy.com... > In article <8r1uc0$dve$1@pyrite.mv.net>, "Jeff says... > > > >There is not really a full stable GCC port to QNX available so a GNAT port > >would probably need to finish/clean that up first.... > > That's probably just your opinion ... you can't have any deeper experiences with > QRTP. > Hmm..Well I admit that I have not specific experience in the area but my response was based on a search of the GCC archives for QNX info and then looking at this FAQ (About a year old) http://www.schoenbrun.com/mba/faq.htm#L48 It save you having to click it says 48) Is GCC available? GCC is available, at following URL http://www.teaser.fr/~jcmichot/gcc This release contain GCC 2.7.2 and G++ compiler. You need WatcomC lib & linker to use this release of gcc. In general, once developers start using Watcom C/C++, demand for GCC isn't as high. Watcom provides a very good, high quality C and C++ development environment. So, when I say it is not stable what I mean is it is not in the baseline GCC tree. It is only supported by an individual and it requires non GNU libs and linkers...I am not saying this is impossible to get working now with GNAT but it certainly is likely to raise the bar. > AFAIK ... the gcc sources are not yet available for QRTP, so you can't build > GNAT yet. > > >I do not know of any other Ada 95 ports to that OS either. > > Really ? What ports to so called 'fine RTOSes' do you have in mind ?? > vxWorks (Tornado) has Ada 95 support from ACT (GNAT), Rational, OC Systems, Green Hills. LynxOS has Ada 95 support from ACT, Rational and probably others Not sure of the state of it but RTLinux from Zentropix was working with ACT for integration of GNAT into their RTLinux Product. There is GNAT support for RTEMS. Concurrent Computer Corp has what appears to be a nice POSIX compliant RT Unix based OS with Ada 95 support fully integrated into their tools. There are many others. We can certainly debate the "fineness" of these other RTOSs against QNX but somewhere in the mix I think you will find an OS that certainly competes. Having said all of that with QNX being now somewhat free it would be cool if there was a GNAT port so since it is just my opionion that it would be difficult to do a port perhaps you could pull one together. I'd love to start playing with it on monday. Let me know what time I can download it. (Sorry...I am just mean at heart)