Steelman document and GNAT for *BSD

Steelman document and GNAT for *BSD

[Nuada (Eric DeArment)]

Does anybody know where I can obtain a copy of the Steelman document?  I'm
trying to to educate a skeptical C++ user about the versatility of the
language :)  Also, I've written a program to be run under FreeBSD, but I
wasn't able to find a version of GNAT for any of the BSD's (I have reason
to believe that the PAL is down or running extremely sluggishly at the
time of this writing).  Can I get a version for *BSD, or will I just have
to compile the source tree manually?


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Re: Steelman document and GNAT for *BSD

[Robert Dewar]

Eric said

<<Does anybody know where I can obtain a copy of the Steelman document?  I'm
trying to to educate a skeptical C++ user about the versatility of the
language :)  Also, I've written a program to be run under FreeBSD, but I
wasn't able to find a version of GNAT for any of the BSD's (I have reason
to believe that the PAL is down or running extremely sluggishly at the
time of this writing).  Can I get a version for *BSD, or will I just have
to compile the source tree manually?>>

Remember that GNAT is written in Ada 95, so you need a working GNAT 
compiler before you can compile it. The norrmal method of getting GNAT
onto a new machine is to build a cross-compiler from a machine on which
GNAT does exist. There have been volunteer ports to FreeBSD in the past,
but I do not know if there is a current one.

Re: Steelman document and GNAT for *BSD

[David Wheeler]

Nuada (Eric DeArment) (ejd@efn.org) wrote:
: Does anybody know where I can obtain a copy of the Steelman document?  I'm
: trying to to educate a skeptical C++ user about the versatility of the
: language :)

I've developed two items related to Steelman that you'll probably find useful:
1. A copy of Steelman (which I scanned from a paper copy) in various
   electronic formats: HTML, Postscript, RTF, Framemaker 5, and ASCII.
   The HTML format includes anchored links so you can jump directly to
   specific requirements in the document.
2. A paper I've written that compares Ada95, C, C++, and Java to
   each of the Steelman requirements, which was published in "Ada Letters".

Both are available on Magnus Kempe's "adahome"; just go to:
  http://www.adahome.com/History/Steelman/intro.htm

I hope you find these items very useful.


--- David A. Wheeler
    dwheeler@ida.org

Re: Steelman document and GNAT for *BSD

[Matthew Heaney]

In article <Pine.SUN.3.95.971103155825.20868A-100000@garcia.efn.org>,
"Nuada (Eric DeArment)" <ejd@efn.org> wrote:

>Does anybody know where I can obtain a copy of the Steelman document?  I'm
>trying to to educate a skeptical C++ user about the versatility of the
>language :)

There's a paper at the Ada home page and the Ada IC that compare's Ada to
C++; perhaps that'll help.  There's also a new book Ada 95 for C++
Programmers, that even includes a free (AONIX) compiler.

Also, I think there's an HTML copy (scanning in by David Wheeler) of
Steelman those web sites too.  (I know you can order a copy of Steelman
from NIST, but try the web sites first.)

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