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From: aidan@skinner.demon.co.uk (Aidan Skinner)
Subject: Re: Announcing GNAT version 3.12p for Linux and Sparc Solaris
Date: 1999/10/23
Date: 1999-10-23T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrn8135fm.tu.aidan@skinner.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CK7Q3.495$G51.192638@news.wenet.net

On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 00:58:10 GMT, Kent Paul Dolan <xanthian@well.com> wrote:

>it took me less than 80 characters of typing to bring up gnat 3.11(p?)
>from the /usr/ports/lang/gnat directory.  Color me _extremely_ impressed.

modern unixen are getting so much easier to use than Windows for
anything beyond even *very* basic tasks... (I still haven't managed to
succesfuly install Star Office mind[1]), software installation and
removal is miles ahead these days.

>I don't have any Linux experience yet with which to make a comparision,

rpm -F gnat*.rpm [for rpm based distros]
[some equally short one line command for debian]

>PC-Clone platform, and a usable gnat development platform (probably
>better lots than that, but my experience is limited to one non-trivial
>Ada 95 program developed there, so far).

Practically all the platforms are good for gnat IME, although some are
better than others (unix vs windows), but YMMV. Emacs is good.

- Aidan

[1] This is all because of the glibc maintainers mind...
-- 
"I say we just bury him and eat dessert"
http://www.skinner.demon.co.uk/aidan/




  reply	other threads:[~1999-10-23  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-10-19  0:00 Announcing GNAT version 3.12p for Linux and Sparc Solaris Robert Dewar
1999-10-19  0:00 ` Vincent Marciante
1999-10-21  0:00   ` Tim Erickson
1999-10-22  0:00     ` mitch
1999-10-23  0:00       ` Tim Erickson
1999-10-23  0:00         ` Kent Paul Dolan
1999-10-23  0:00           ` Aidan Skinner [this message]
1999-10-24  0:00           ` David Botton
1999-10-24  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-24  0:00               ` Tim Erickson
1999-10-23  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-23  0:00       ` Tim Erickson
1999-10-20  0:00 ` bourguet
1999-10-20  0:00 ` mitch
1999-10-21  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-21  0:00   ` Jeff Creem
1999-10-23  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-21  0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
1999-10-21  0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-10-21  0:00   ` Aidan Skinner
1999-10-23  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-24  0:00       ` Aidan Skinner
1999-10-24  0:00         ` Ada and OS/2 Robert Dewar
1999-10-21  0:00 ` Announcing GNAT version 3.12p for Linux and Sparc Solaris Andrew Lynch
1999-10-22  0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1999-10-23  0:00 ` James E. Hopper
1999-10-24  0:00   ` James E. Hopper
1999-10-25  0:00     ` Samuel Tardieu
1999-10-26  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-26  0:00       ` James E. Hopper
1999-10-27  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-27  0:00           ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-10-24  0:00   ` Matthew Heaney
1999-10-24  0:00     ` Samuel Tardieu
1999-10-24  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-24  0:00     ` James E. Hopper
1999-10-26  0:00       ` Ronald Cole
1999-10-27  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-28  0:00           ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-10-30  0:00       ` Richard Kenner
1999-10-31  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-28  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-28  0:00   ` David Botton
1999-10-29  0:00   ` Ted Dennison
1999-10-31  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-31  0:00   ` GNAT 3.12p NT/Win98 Was: " Vladimir Olensky
1999-11-01  0:00     ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-11-02  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-02  0:00       ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-11-01  0:00 ` Announcing GNAT version 3.12p for HPUX Robert Dewar
1999-11-01  0:00   ` Announcing GNAT version 3.12p for Powermac Robert Dewar
1999-11-01  0:00   ` Announcing GNAT version 3.12p for HPUX Robert Dewar
1999-11-01  0:00   ` Announcing GNAT version 3.12p for Powermac Robert Dewar
1999-11-01  0:00     ` David Botton
1999-11-01  0:00   ` Announcing GNAT version 3.12p for Power PC AIX Robert Dewar
1999-11-01  0:00   ` Announcing GNAT version 3.12p for Solaris x86 Robert Dewar
1999-11-03  0:00 ` Announcing GNAT version 3.12p for OS/2 Robert Dewar
1999-11-02  0:00   ` Vincent Marciante
1999-11-03  0:00     ` Tim Erickson
1999-11-03  0:00   ` Bill Eriksson
1999-11-03  0:00   ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-11-03  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-03  0:00   ` Alfred Hilscher
1999-11-03  0:00 ` Announcing GNAT version 3.12p for DEC Unix Robert Dewar
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