Porting Ada 83 on AIX to Ada 95 on NT

Porting Ada 83 on AIX to Ada 95 on NT

[Roger Hoyle]

I'm a newbie Ada programmer with a reasonable background in other
languages.

I'm currently trying to get at some [complicated] functionality currently
in Ada 83 on AIX and can see two routes forward at the moment...

i) Compile it on AIX using the original compiler and call it [somehow :]
across a network when required.

ii) Compile it on NT using a 83/95 (?) compiler and call it locally when
required.

The application uses the Posix_Io package and I haven't tracked down a
validated version on NT. 

Could anyone advise me if I'm being silly or whether I actually have a
reasonable chance of compiling it under NT, and which compilers would be
worth giving a try?

Any help gratefully received,

cheers

rog.

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Roger Hoyle                                rh@signal.dera.gov.uk
[ The views expressed above belong to me, and not my employer. ]

Re: Porting Ada 83 on AIX to Ada 95 on NT

[Matthew Heaney]

rh@signal.dera.gov.uk (Roger Hoyle) writes:

If you want a zero-cost compiler for NT, then you can use GNAT.  You can
also try the zero-cost student (?) edition compiler from Aonix.

<http://www.gnat.com/>
<http://www.aonix.com/>

GNAT v3.11p is almost ready.  As a matter of fact, it's being held up
specifically to get the NT port perfect.



> I'm a newbie Ada programmer with a reasonable background in other
> languages.
> 
> I'm currently trying to get at some [complicated] functionality currently
> in Ada 83 on AIX and can see two routes forward at the moment...
> 
> i) Compile it on AIX using the original compiler and call it [somehow :]
> across a network when required.
> 
> ii) Compile it on NT using a 83/95 (?) compiler and call it locally when
> required.
> 
> The application uses the Posix_Io package and I haven't tracked down a
> validated version on NT. 
> 
> Could anyone advise me if I'm being silly or whether I actually have a
> reasonable chance of compiling it under NT, and which compilers would be
> worth giving a try?
> 
> Any help gratefully received,
> 
> cheers
> 
> rog.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Roger Hoyle                                rh@signal.dera.gov.uk
> [ The views expressed above belong to me, and not my employer. ]