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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fdf33079a629ecb6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-28 14:55:41 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <9ff447f2.0106280804.5f40b84c@posting.google.com> <3B3B74E1.D2239654@worldnet.att.net> Subject: Re: GNAT for Alpha Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 17:55:35 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 21:55:35 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9224 Date: 2001-06-28T21:55:35+00:00 List-Id: In article <3B3B74E1.D2239654@worldnet.att.net>, James Rogers says... > >The question about GNAT and Alpha reminded me of a item in my local >newspaper declaring that Intel has (or is in the process of) purchasing >the Compaq Alpha facilities and talent. It appears that Compaq will be >using the Intel Itanium chip technology instead of Alpha. > >This leads to another thought. Are there any Ada implementations >targeted to the Itanium chip? Are any in the works. This chip seems >like a good home for Ada. That question reminds me a lot of the questions several months back about Ada compilers for MacOSX before it was released. Its a bit unresonable to expect an Ada compiler for an unreleased processor to exist. However, I do think that an Itanium GCC is in the works. Gnat shouldn't be too big of a jump from there (presuming the OS is a supported one). --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com