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=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,52eff1cc6012815 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!postnews.google.com!d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: deadlyhead Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT JVM/AVR/Mindstorms on GNU/Linux? Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:26:03 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: References: <08453715-a764-4ae2-b55b-61275511594b@30g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.182.146.42 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1288193164 17021 127.0.0.1 (27 Oct 2010 15:26:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:26:04 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com; posting-host=67.182.146.42; posting-account=snJuNwoAAABnc8T9lYkBlDQrDdSjOjG2 User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.13) Gecko/20100916 Iceweasel/3.5.13 (like Firefox/3.5.13),gzip(gfe) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14839 Date: 2010-10-27T08:26:03-07:00 List-Id: On Oct 27, 12:25=A0am, Ludovic Brenta wrote: > deadlyhead wrote on comp.lang.ada: > [...] > > If you really need GCC 4.6, then I suggest you use it :) =A0You don't > have to wait for another year for the release of 4.6.0; you can > compile from the sources any day. =A0OK, you might run into bugs but > your reports would then be very valuable; the fixes would make it into > 4.6.0. =A0Note that the end of Stage 1 is scheduled for today; from then > on the sources of GCC 4.6 will be quite stable (no new features, bug > fixes only). > I've been eyeballing compiling from the GCC trunk for about a week now, and you're right, there is no need for me to wait for a 4.6 release. I used the 4.4 SVN regularly when it was being developed, and never actually had any problems compiling Ada programs. Don't know why I've been hesitant this time. > > I'd really like to develop for the NXT system, too. =A0[...] > > FTR, I'd be interested too if I had more time on my hands. =A0My son is > only 5, so it's a bit too soon for him anyway. =A0It would be great if > Debian would include a cross-compiler for the NXT, nicely packaged and > ready to go... > > -- > Ludovic Brenta. Is this a subtle hint? If so, I'm willing to give it a shot once I'm done moving (I'm wasting precious packing time replying now!) and I'll let you know if I have any success.