Re: Mixing Cygnus & Gnat compilers on the same machine

["Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com>]

Actually, I believe the Gnat compiler is ahead of the GNU gcc compiler in
terms of the advancement of the code generator.

I thoroughly agree that it would be wonderful to get all the front ends
under one roof & possibly have a compiler that could translate all the C
dialects, Fortran, Java, etc. There's always a need to apply more than one
language at a user site, if for no other reason than the large bodies of
legacy code in a variety of languages. Even die-hard C sites are likely to
have some C++ or Fortran or other language code lying around. GNU being able
to translate X languages from Y hosts to Z targets starts making it a very
attractive choice. Sort of like the marketing situation that existed in Las
Vegas for years - the casinos worked more like partners because by having
dozens of hotels & casinos up and down the strip, they made Vegas that much
more attractive for people to select as a vacation site. The rising tide
raises all boats.

Well, it will be interesting to see how this develops over time. I just
don't see the timespan as being something small.

MDC
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"Matthias Andree" <matthias.andree@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Being a C/C++/Perl programmer, and as someone who's just considering if
> Ada 95 (Gnat) might be worth learning, I'd really appreciate if Gnat was
> a real part of the GNU compiler collection, it would give a comfortable
> feeling of a compiler which has up-to date code generators and is
> well-maintained. Plus, an Ada compiler being distributed along with a
> set of C, C++, Objective-C and Fortran compilers would greatly enlarge
> the number of installed copies, thus offering more eyes to spot
> problems, and enhancing portability. People could start, for example,
> developing free software in Ada95 without requiring the possible users
> to install a binary package.
>
> Back to lurking ;-)
>
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> Matthias Andree