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,aea4cc77526f5e4a 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!newssvr27.news.prodigy.net.POSTED!4988f22a!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <7xJvj.7420$Ru4.4246@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net> <1wkwj.10399$0o7.2971@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net> Subject: Re: Separate Compilation in Programming Languages X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.134.112.39 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr27.news.prodigy.net 1204264633 ST000 70.134.112.39 (Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:57:13 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:57:13 EST Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: FKPO@MC@OHV[RVT[AROR__TDFZ\@@FXLM@TDOCQDJ@_@FN\CDVW[AKK[J\]^HVKHG^EWZHBLO^[\NH_AZFWGN^\DHNVMX_DHHX[FSQKBOTS@@BP^]C@RHS_AGDDC[AJM_T[GZNRNZAY]GNCPBDYKOLK^_CZFWPGHZIXW@C[AFKBBQS@E@DAZ]VDFUNTQQ]FN Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:57:13 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20141 Date: 2008-02-29T05:57:13+00:00 List-Id: "Robert A Duff" wrote in message news:wccfxverpyo.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com... > > I agree. I'm completely mystified by Richard's assertion that the > existence of gnatmake might indicate a problem with GNAT. Any decent > Ada implementation comes with a tool that knows how to rebuild (what to > recompile/relink/whatever, and in what order, if that matters) based on > what source files changed. The fact that such a tool can exist is one > thing that makes Ada better than (for example) C. > It was not my intention to suggest any problem with GNAT. I probably did not phrase my response to the question very well. Richard Riehle