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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bob Broderbund Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Could you write a BSD like os in Ada? Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 09:44:06 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: References: <79e591f0-3c3e-42b2-ad1f-3e59a031531e@googlegroups.com> <94756e03-7788-4032-a70b-3a0468fc3af9@googlegroups.com> <2b473012-b01e-4c46-add5-048889bf20df@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: yO51eGMsmM7FenuypAjw8Q.user.gioia.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:31633 Date: 2016-08-28T09:44:06+00:00 List-Id: On 2016-08-28, Simon Clubley wrote: > On 2016-08-28, Bob Broderbund wrote: >> On 2016-08-28, Simon Clubley wrote: >>> >>> This was using the latest versions of gcc at the time. The problem here >>> _appeared_ to be that not all the required bits to build gcc for a VMS >>> target had been pushed from the AdaCore code base to the FSF code base. >> >> I meant I suspect there needs to be the latest and greatest gcc on VMS >> already or this is going to be very hard. I didn't understand the last >> part above. Did you mean you do have a current gcc build on VMS after all >> and it is only the gcc-ada pieces that aren't there? Or did you mean you >> can't build the latest gcc on VMS for whatever reason? >> > > No, I don't have a current gcc build for VMS. Ok. I think that is going to be key to get much of anything done that is based on gcc including gcc-ada and GNAT. Adacore has the knowledge and resources and motive to do that. I suspect we'll hear good news at some point including maybe even a freebie gcc port if we're lucky. > AdaCore not only updated the Ada (and other) front ends to support VMS > but also did the prerequisite back end code generation port to allow code > to be generated for a VMS target in the first place. Yes, of course. Dewar's passing probably leaves a big hole in a lot of these pieces but I suspect there are still enough geniuses at Adacore to get just about anything done. > [*] An old version of gcc was ported to VAX/VMS many years ago, but that > was for VAX only and only for some of the languages which existed in gcc > at the time IIRC. That's what I thought. Bob P.S. Fixed subject line. Ada the language, not ADA the American Dental Association, Americans with Disabilities Act, etc.