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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea451393a6c97734 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-19 07:08:19 PST Path: supernews.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!213.56.195.71!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!wanadoo.fr!isdnet!psinet-france!psiuk-f4!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Mixing Cygnus & Gnat compilers on the same machine Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:44:29 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9bmq3u$1qk$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9bkd51$530$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3ADDEEAA.D8F16935@bigfoot.de> <9bkt30$asm$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3ADE4B03.68BA6651@bigfoot.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 987687870 1876 136.170.200.133 (19 Apr 2001 13:44:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Apr 2001 13:44:30 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:7000 Date: 2001-04-19T13:44:30+00:00 List-Id: Well, there may be bleeding-edge customers of ACT that would want early releases, but they'd probably have bigger troubles than worrying about where to house two versions of the compiler. (Not to mention that for something of that magnitude, they'd easily be able to simply provide two development platforms and be done with it.) The hobbyist and/or student might be in a substantially different position & couldn't dedicate resources to two compiler versions. But that kind of need probably won't demand the latest, greatest release the instant it becomes available anyway, so it may be a non-issue. (I think GNAT is stable enough that I personally could work around whatever weaknesses it had & wouldn't be counting on the latest release.) The big advantage I would have with a common GNAT/gcc would be that the Cygnus compiler would suddenly start translating Ada code for my Mips embedded processor - making it possible to substitute Ada where now C exists. But I'd expect it would take a good long time for that to migrate into my PC here at work... 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/ "Larry Kilgallen" wrote in message news:NuUw1ibARNZ4@eisner.encompasserve.org... > In article <3ADE4B03.68BA6651@bigfoot.de>, Gerhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E4ring?= writes: > > In the long run the main gcc release will have GNAT included, right ? > Unless one absolutely requires the "very latest" GNAT, there should be > no need for multiple versions.