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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3fc79ad704f81a40 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-07 14:50:26 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.pitt.edu!toads.pgh.pa.us!evans.pgh.pa.us!user From: evans@evans.pgh.pa.us (Arthur Evans Jr) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Writing a Mac Ada compiler Followup-To: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 06 Mar 1995 21:04:22 -0500 Organization: Ada Consulting Message-ID: References: <3jg167$a3l@nic.umass.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: evans.pgh.pa.us Date: 1995-03-06T21:04:22-05:00 List-Id: In article <3jg167$a3l@nic.umass.edu>, cons116@twain.oit.umass.edu (Mike White) wrote: > Could anyone give me an idea of about how much of an effort it would be > to write an Ada compiler for the Mac ... Many dozens of person-years. > I am quite dismayed by the general > lack of Ada support on the mac and I figure others are too. Yes, many of are dismayed. If you have time on your hands and want to address this problem, port GCC 2.6.3 to the Mac, and then bootstrap GNAT. That's a much more modest task and will result in a first class compiler. And many of us will applaud loudly! Art Evans Arthur Evans Jr, PhD Phone: 412-963-0839 Ada Consulting FAX: 412-963-0927 461 Fairview Road Pittsburgh PA 15238-1933 evans@evans.pgh.pa.us