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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,6c7dea22b75ba442 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!newscon04.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.net!newsdst01.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr14.news.prodigy.net.POSTED!4988f22a!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: ada compiler? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.134.126.233 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr14.news.prodigy.net 1194913255 ST000 70.134.126.233 (Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:20:55 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:20:55 EST Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: FKPO@MONTBWQR]TX\ZIBNFXBWR\HPCTL@XT^OBPLAH[\BTUCCNSKQFCY@TXDX_WHSVB]ZEJLSNY\^J[CUVSA_QLFC^RQHUPH[P[NRWCCMLSNPOD_ESALHUK@TDFUZHBLJ\XGKL^NXA\EVHSP[D_C^B_^JCX^W]CHBAX]POG@SSAZQ\LE[DCNMUPG_VSC@VJM Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:20:55 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18332 Date: 2007-11-13T00:20:55+00:00 List-Id: "Bill Cunningham" wrote in message news:A75Zi.24$Vp3.16@trnddc05... > I have just began looking at the ada language and some tutorials but I have > no idea how to compile ada programs. I am using gcc with C,C++, and Ada > support. Do Ada programs have to end in .ads ? How do I work the compiler? > Ada programs are not required to end in .adb or .ads. This is a convention adopted by GNAT. Seom compilers allow files to end in any extension you want to choose. Also, GNAT requires that the internal name match the file name. This is also a convention unique to GNAT. Other compilers allow a mismatch between the internal name and the external name. Richard Riehle