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: 103376,8a402d78988bdf2b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-12-15 18:47:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!skynet.be!skynet.be!louie!tjb!not-for-mail Sender: lbrenta@lbrenta Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [announcement] SYSAPI and SYSSVC for Windows References: <%VlDb.5454$Pg1.1321@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net> From: Ludovic Brenta Date: 16 Dec 2003 03:47:50 +0100 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: -= Belgacom Usenet Service =- NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.136.10.170 X-Trace: 1071542870 reader5.news.skynet.be 278 217.136.10.170:60286 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@skynet.be Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3479 Date: 2003-12-16T03:47:50+01:00 List-Id: "Ekkehard Morgenstern" writes: > I could modify GNAT if I get the source and a proper compilation environment > for it. :) The sources are available[1] for you to modify freely as you will. That is what makes GNAT Free Software. As for the proper compilation environment, there are several Free operating systems available to choose from, all of which are vastly superior (IMHO) to Windows. [1] ftp://ftp.cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat > I suspect GNAT's Windows support hasn't been updated for a while, and > somebody's got to do that. :) Nah. Somebody's got to switch to a Free operating system, thereby becoming Free instead of Captive of one OS supplier. As long as you program specifically for Windows, you are Captive. -- Ludovic Brenta.