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=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM,PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,ed1b73ce8ffd6269 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!flph200.ffdc.sbc.com!prodigy.net!flph199.ffdc.sbc.com!prodigy.com!flpi107.ffdc.sbc.com!flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com.POSTED!660be329!not-for-mail From: "Kevin K" Message-ID: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT GPL 2009 preview References: User-Agent: ProNews/2 V1.57.cp107 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.139.154.159 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com 1242689462 ST000 66.139.154.159 (Mon, 18 May 2009 19:31:02 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 19:31:02 EDT Organization: at&t http://my.att.net/ X-UserInfo1: OP[MQ[OG\JWUST@[N[O@_WH@YR_B@EXLLBWLOOAFMASJETAANVW[AKWZE\]^XQWIGNE_[EBL@^_\^JOCQ^RSNVLGTFTKHTXHHP[NB\_C@\SD@EP_[KCXX__AGDDEKGFNB\ZOKLRNCY_CGG[RHT_UN@C_BSY\G__IJIX_PLSA[CCFAULEY\FL\VLGANTQQ]FN Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 23:31:02 GMT Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5918 Date: 2009-05-18T23:31:02+00:00 List-Id: On Mon, 18 May 2009 21:45:31 UTC, "lanceboyle@qwest.net" wrote: > On May 18, 11:12�am, Martin wrote: > > - including Mac OS X support!!!! :-) > > What does this mean? That a GNAT Pro contract can include OS X > support? Does it mean anything for GPL users other than a possibly > longer-lived product as indicated by explicit (paid?) support? > > The page > http://libre.adacore.com/libre/tools/gnat-gpl-edition-2009-preview/ > mentions "Availability on the Mac OS X (64 bit) platform." I wonder if > that means only 64-bit systems? And a dumb question--is my new MacBook > Pro a "64-bit platform"? > > Jerry > GNAT has supported OSX for some time now. It is just that for the last several years, the GPL version open to the public hasn't included it. I think that academic users could get it. You could also get it through GNAT Pro, but you had to pay for it specifically. I guess Adacore is assuming that there isn't too many Intel Core Duos and Solos Macs out in the wild anymore. Apparently the 64 bit capable Intel chips were not available for Apple in the form factors they wanted when they went Intel (low power for laptops, etc).