Re: gcc 4.0.0 released

[Martin Dowie <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>]

Jeff C wrote:
> Steve wrote:
> 
>> Now if there were just pre-built binaries for various platformas at a 
>> nice central place... kind of like the old AdaCore public distributions.
>>
>> Steve
>> (The Duck)
>>
> 
> While I agree it would be nice, things are starting to settle down. Ada 
> is now included in the distribution media of most of the major Linux 
> distributions...
> 
> Solaris (sparc at least) users can visit blastwave.org which has 
> prebuilt gcc's that include Ada support.
> 
> Windows users can go the mingw.org route..
> 
> In some ways this is not as nice as the old public GNAT releases (one 
> stop Ada shopping). The biggest problem for Windows users has been the 
> lack of a good gdb that worked with modern Ada and mingw.
> 
> There were slightly painful ways around it but things are getting better.
> 
> Maybe all we need is a nice index/wiki write-up with links for each of 
> the recommended solutions.

And no ASIS! :-(

Unless I've missed something...