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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: The NT port of GNAT 3.09
Date: 1997/01/27
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Date: 1997-01-27T00:00:00+00:00
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This port, which will run on Windows 95 or on NT, is now available. It uses
a standard installation program to make installation a simple and automatic
process.

GNAT 3.09 for NT uses the Cygnus toolset, which provides a unix like
environment on NT, and allows both the development environment and runtime
environment on NT to be very similar to Unix. In particular, this means that
the standard makefiles can be used, and that cross-compilation from an NT
host will be possible.

The Cygnus toolset is in a beta release stage, so the 3.09 version of GNAT
should also be regarded as a beta release. We have encountered some problems
with the loader with large programs, which are now being investigated, but
we have decided to release this version in its current form since it seems
to be in pretty good shape. In particular, it can bootstrap GNAT fine, and
successfully runs all but one or two tests in the ACVC suite.

A current limitation of the release is that it *must* be installed on
drive C. It is not possible to successfully specify an alternative drive
for the installation.

Robert Dewar
Ada Core Technologies