Re: free Ada compiler ?

["hongxun lee" <lee.1801@osu.edu>]

Sorry for the misleading Qs.

> What do you mean by "unix version Ada compiler"?
Is there an Ada compiler running under Cygwin or mingw? Not the GNAT Ada95
compiler/debugger (adagide/gdb) for windows.

> What is it about Unix that is inconvenient?
i'm a beginner of unix, haven't got used to the command line format of unix
yet. That is what i really mean.

> > Does MinGW make sense ?
> Yes. So does Cygwin. Depends on what you are doing.

Is there Ada compiler running under Cygwin or mingw? Not the Ada95
compiler/debugger (adagide/gdb) for windows.

Thank you

"Stephen Leake" <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote in message
news:uwuyjgvkz.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov...
> "hongxun lee" <lee.1801@osu.edu> writes:
>
> > Thanks Stephe
> >
> > i read the docs there though i can't really figure out the diff yet.
> > My Q really is that i want to use the unix version Ada compiler
>
> What does that mean exactly? GNAT has the same command line switches,
> whatever platform it is on. What do you mean by "unix version Ada
> compiler"?
>
> > (i've been using the windows version for a while) without losing the
> > convenience of windows.
>
> What is it about Unix that is inconvenient? You can run bash, make,
> and Emacs on each platform, you can use GtkAda for GUI stuff on each
> platform. What are your issues?
>
> > Does MinGW make sense ?
>
> Yes. So does Cygwin. Depends on what you are doing.
>
> --
> -- Stephe