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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9960fa51a4a478af X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-03 05:50:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!chnws02.mediaone.net!chnws06.ne.mediaone.net!24.128.8.70!typhoon.ne.mediaone.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey Creem" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <5ee5b646.0201301849.4e951bcb@posting.google.com> <3C5CEFCE.D41ABFFF@eliminatespam.notes.udayton.edu> Subject: Re: ACT announces availability of GNAT 3.14p X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 13:47:35 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.31.5.146 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mediaone.net X-Trace: typhoon.ne.mediaone.net 1012744055 66.31.5.146 (Sun, 03 Feb 2002 08:47:35 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 08:47:35 EST Organization: ATT Broadband Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19558 Date: 2002-02-03T13:47:35+00:00 List-Id: "Leon Winslow" wrote in message news:3C5CEFCE.D41ABFFF@eliminatespam.notes.udayton.edu... stuff deleted but here is the part he was talking about: > > > > The above are the official platforms, but in practice the > > NT version works reasonable well on Win 98 and Win ME and > > other versions of GNU Linux including Debian GNU/Linux are > > known to be compatible with this version of GNAT. > I can understand the reason for limiting ACTs work to Windows NT, but > this is also one of the reason that Ada is "sliding into oblivion." > The majority of the programming is being done on Windows platforms other > than NT and 2K. (MS has already announced dates for dropping all suport > of these two platforms.). A compiler that works "reasonably well" in > W98, XP or Me is never going to be used on those platforms for any > serious work. > > Alas, I knew Ada well and hate to see it go down hill, but .... > > Lee Winslow > I hate to (or perhaps love to) sound like a www.slashdot.com person here but don't most programs only work "reasonable well" on 98, Me. But seriously.. First of all you have the incorrect grouping of OS's since you correctly group NT and 2000 but then put XP with 98 and ME. XP is an NT/2000 followon not a 95, 98, ME follow on. Second, when it comes to reasonable well on previous verions of the compiler I have never run into (in the past) a case where it did not just work 100% (although I am sure there are some). The new release includes GVD (debugger) which does have some issues on the older OSs so this is probably more true now than it was in the past.. Having said that, in terms of real marketshare for developers...Most developers are on the NT path but the execuables out of GNAT have always worked just fine on the 95 line of OSs.