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Subject: Re: ADA/C interfaces: type representations uncontrollable in C
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On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 11:35:51 -0500, Anonymous Coward  
<bogus_addy@bogus_domain.net> wrote:

> What I don't understand is how GNAT can give the user representation
> control over types, when C does not, considering that GNAT translates
> ADA to C.  How does GNAT perform that intermediate C translation if
> rep specs don't exist in C?


GNAT doesn't translate to C; it translates to the gcc intermediate form  
that is also used by other languages that are part of gcc (GNU Compiler  
Collection).

- Ed