Re: Is it possible to build an Ada cross-compiler for an 8-bit embedded target now that gcc 3.X has support for Ada?

["Peter Milliken" <peterm@resmed.com.au>]

I just came across Rolf's porting efforts for getting Ada/gnat runing on an
AVR processor (http://sourceforge.net/projects/avr-ada/) - so the question
is answered. It is not straight forward or easy at all.

Looks like I'll have to wait even longer before I can get a vehicle that
will help convince management............


"Peter Milliken" <peterm@resmed.com.au> wrote in message
news:zgRsb.200$co2.10332@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
> Subject pretty much says it all.
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> Now that you can build an Ada compiler using gcc 3.X (well, according to
the
> build instructions of gcc 3.x :-)), I began to wonder whether it was
> possible to build a cross-compiler for an 8-bit target processor. The
8-bit
> processor family in question is already supported by gcc (I believe).
>
> When I say "possible", I just mean "follow the cross-compiling
instructions
> and out pops an Ada compiler" - I don't mean, "spend months of work
patching
> various files and then you might have an Ada compiler" :-)
>
> I would dearly like to convince some managers here that Ada is a
reasonable
> alternative to C/C++ for product development. I don't mind spending a lot
of
> my own time re-writing my current C code in Ada to help prove the point,
but
> I need the tools to at least contemplate giving it a go :-).
>
> The cross-compiler would be built and run on a Windoze box (just answering
> (one of) the obvious questions :-)).
>
> Thanks
> Peter
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