Until such time as GNAT is merged with the "normal" gcc distribution*, it would be very handy to make sure that the two compilers don't collide in any way. There are languages supported with gcc (C++, most notably) that aren't supported in GNAT, so one might want to have both compilers available. (That and my gcc compiler is targeted to a Mips machine & I want GNAT for the PC/NT platform) Maybe someone is listening? :-) I've found the Cygnus installation stuff here, so I can get back to where I was if something hoses up. I believe I will attempt the install and see what I break. If anything unusual happens, I'll report back here. *(Will this ever happen? Ada being part of the regular gcc distribution, that is. It would seem like it would be putting Ada in front of lots more people - don't know what that may do so the ACT business model, though...) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Gerhard H�ring" wrote in message news:3ADE4B03.68BA6651@bigfoot.de... > Btw. the GNAT distribution from the Ada for Linux people have called > GNAT's gcc "gnatgcc" for a reason. On FreeBSD, it's called "adagcc". The > purpose of this is to avoid collisions with the "normal" gcc (usually > 2.95.2 vs. GNAT's 2.8.1). IMHO it would be wise for the ACT folks to > adopt this, as they are likely to be a at least on revision behind wrt > the main gcc release. >