Re: GNAT Question

["Hans-Olof Danielsson" <Hans-Olof.Danielsson@swipnet.se>]

I would suggest a look at the MaRTE OS, an OS mostly written in Ada at
http://ctrpc17.ctr.unican.es/marte.html . Maybe you can reuse some of it or
better, add a virtual FS to it  %>P

Regards/HOD

----- Original Message -----
From: "chris.danx" <chris.danx@ntlworld.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
To: <comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 5:25 PM
Subject: GNAT Question


> Hi,
>     Does anyone know if i can use GNAT to do OS work?  I don't mean
writing
> apps but the OS itself.  Currently just starting work on it and we're
> implementing virtual FS support as a file on disk.  We're doing it in C
via
> DJGPP but i hate C, like many on this group i gather.  I know of AdaOS and
> have been to the site for it.  The info seems to suggest that you can't
use
> GNAT, and the development of an Ada compiler for this kinda thing is
needed.
>
> Why can't i use Ada?  Everything would be great and falt free, well free
> from C anyway.  Can I link DJGPP with Ada?  That might be a temp solution.
> I thought GNAT was modified C backend so what would get in my way.
>
> I wouldn't have to edit autoexec.bat, reboot, do some C work, edit
> autoexec.bat and reboot, do some Ada work, etc...
>
>
> Thanks
> Chris Campbell
>
>
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