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From: "John Merryweather Cooper" <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net>
Subject: Re: Announcing JGNAT public version 1.0p
Date: 2000/04/01
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Well, I like it.  :)  Interestingly, the M$ JVM "choked" on the "animation"
example, but the same example ran perfectly under the Sun kit . . . and I
have the very latest JVM installed along with M$ JDK.  :)

I'm going to try to compile to an OS/2 binary and see how that works.

jmc
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"Robert Dewar" <dewar@gnat.com> wrote in message
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>           Ada Core Technologies & ACT Europe
>
>                       Announce
>
> The first JGNAT public version The Ada 95 Development
>           Environment for the Java Platform
>
>            New York & Paris, March 31, 2000
>
>
> Ada Core Technologies and ACT Europe announce the first
> public release of JGNAT, the Ada 95 Development Environment
> for the Java Platform.  JGNAT is a port of the GNAT Ada 95
> technology to the Java environment.  JGNAT supports the
> development of both applications and applets.
>
> JGNAT comprises a compiler generating Java bytecode that is
> compatible with Java virtual machines conforming to Sun's
> standard (JDK 1.1 and above), and a set of tools to aid in
> developing Ada programs for the Java platform.  The JGNAT
> compiler required the development of a new back-end
> specifically designed for the JVM and written entirely in
> Ada.
>
> JGNAT comes with a powerful tool called jvm2ada that serves
> to automatically generate compatible Ada bindings for the
> complete set of standardized Java API classes (and in fact
> for any set of class files).  Programmers can use any Java
> class or component as well as develop Ada classes or
> components to be used in Java applications and be assured
> that their code will inter operate with the Java world and
> Java-enabled browsers.  An interesting set of applets and
> applications is provided with JGNAT to illustrate
> interfacing between Ada and the Java world.
>
> Following the standard policy of Ada Core Technologies and
> ACT Europe, JGNAT is being distributed under the GNU GPL
> licensing scheme.
>
> Binary versions for this public version of JGNAT are:
>
> o GNU/Linux (glibc2.1)
> o Sun/Solaris
> o Windows NT 4.0 (as
>   well as Windows 2000, Windows 98 and Windows 95)
>
> JGNAT 1.0p can be found at ftp.cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat/jgnat
> and on other public sites distributing GNAT related material
> See the README file for further information on JGNAT.  A
> number of papers comparing Ada 95 and the Java programming
> language are also provided with JGNAT 1.0p.
>
> If you are considering using JGNAT in commercial
> applications, please contact our sales offices.
>
> In the U.S. and Australia, contact Ada Core Technologies at:
> Tel: +1 (212) 620 7300 ext 117 Fax:  +1 (212) 807 0162
> Email: sales@gnat.com
>
> In Europe and elsewhere, contact ACT Europe at:  Tel:  +33 1
> 49 70 67 16 Fax:  +33 1 49 70 05 52 Email:
> sales@act-europe.fr
>
>
>
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