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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea451393a6c97734 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-23 12:04:24 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!p3ee3cb87.dip.t-dialin.NET!not-for-mail From: Matthias Andree Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Mixing Cygnus & Gnat compilers on the same machine Date: 23 Apr 2001 21:03:58 +0200 Organization: Badly suffering from World Wide Waiting, Inc. Message-ID: References: <9bkd51$530$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3ADDEEAA.D8F16935@bigfoot.de> <9bkt30$asm$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3ADE4B03.68BA6651@bigfoot.de> <9bmphh$1jt$1@nh.pace.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: p3ee3cb87.dip.t-dialin.net (62.227.203.135) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 988052662 12163263 62.227.203.135 (16 [3969]) X-Orig-Path: lnemma.emma.line.org!nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:6865 Date: 2001-04-23T21:03:58+02:00 List-Id: "Marin David Condic" writes: > Until such time as GNAT is merged with the "normal" gcc distribution*, it > > *(Will this ever happen? Ada being part of the regular gcc distribution, > that is. It would seem like it would be putting Ada in front of lots more > people - don't know what that may do so the ACT business model, though...) Being a C/C++/Perl programmer, and as someone who's just considering if Ada 95 (Gnat) might be worth learning, I'd really appreciate if Gnat was a real part of the GNU compiler collection, it would give a comfortable feeling of a compiler which has up-to date code generators and is well-maintained. Plus, an Ada compiler being distributed along with a set of C, C++, Objective-C and Fortran compilers would greatly enlarge the number of installed copies, thus offering more eyes to spot problems, and enhancing portability. People could start, for example, developing free software in Ada95 without requiring the possible users to install a binary package. Back to lurking ;-) -- Matthias Andree