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From: Tero Koskinen <tero.koskinen@iki.fi>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: community-based compiler (was Re: What exactly is the licensing
 situation with GNAT?)
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 18:03:46 +0200
Organization: Jacob Sparre Andersen Research & Innovation
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14.11.2014 16:53, Luke A. Guest wrote:
> Gour <gour@atmarama.net> wrote:
>> Yesterday I researched a bit R.R.Software's web site and found
>> that their Janus/Ada compiler is "...the only compiler on the
>> market that is written in Ada and self compiled in a personal
>> computer environment."
> 
> GNAT is written in Ada and can compile itself.

Actually, you need C (and these days C++) compiler also to
compile GNAT. Of course, these days almost every Linux
system has gcc&g++ installed (especially if you have GNAT installed),
so this is not a big issue.

If I have understood correctly, building Janus/Ada can be done
with "plain" Ada compiler and Microsoft linker alone, no other tools needed.

Yours,
 Tero