From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: CPAN style Ada repository
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 15:13:42 -0700
Date: 2013-11-29T15:13:42-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <l7b3im$44p$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5298e97c$0$1659$2c885b36@post.eweka.nl>
On 11/29/2013 12:22 PM, Felix Krause wrote:
>
> The major problem is that from what I know, Ada code is not
> very portable between compilers (even the .ads/.adb naming
> convention is GNAT-specific). Should only GNAT be supported?
> If not, should project be required to build on different
> compilers in order to be allowed in the repository?
In my limited experience (only dating back to 1984), well written Ada code is
extremely portable between compilers. Usually all that is needed to port such
Ada between compilers is to recompile.
--
Jeff Carter
"We use a large, vibrating egg."
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Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-28 15:41 CPAN style Ada repository banjo
2013-11-29 7:04 ` Thomas Løcke
2013-12-12 10:17 ` Lucretia
2013-12-13 6:54 ` J Kimball
2013-12-13 9:58 ` Lucretia
2013-11-29 19:22 ` Felix Krause
2013-11-29 20:17 ` Simon Wright
2013-11-29 22:53 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2013-12-09 23:45 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-11-29 22:13 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2013-11-29 22:15 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-12-03 18:12 ` Martin
2013-12-03 19:03 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-11-30 1:20 ` Shark8
2013-11-30 13:46 ` gautier_niouzes
2013-11-29 22:07 ` Stephen Leake
2013-11-30 13:12 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2013-12-02 17:10 ` Tero Koskinen
2013-12-01 6:36 ` johannes falcone
2013-12-01 7:08 ` Simon Wright
2013-12-01 11:18 ` Brian Drummond
2013-12-01 11:19 ` Brian Drummond
2013-12-01 12:18 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2013-12-01 8:24 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2013-12-11 20:49 ` Björn Persson
2013-12-12 16:12 ` Stephen Leake
2013-12-13 11:52 ` darkestkhan
2013-12-13 18:38 ` Björn Persson
2013-12-15 5:40 ` Stephen Leake
2013-12-12 8:23 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2013-12-12 9:55 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-12-12 10:26 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2013-12-12 10:37 ` Brian Drummond
2013-12-12 11:39 ` G.B.
2013-12-12 22:20 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2013-12-13 5:43 ` Randy Brukardt
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