Re: FYI: GNAT and GCC

[Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>]

On 3 Oct 2001 09:12:20 -0700, Robert Dewar wrote:

> People unfamiliar with gcc may be reading far too much into
> this announcement. For example, this definitely does not 
> mean that all installations of gcc will include Ada, no
> more than they include g77 (or chill for that matter)
> right now. It is just one of the front ends that is
> available, it is not automatically included.

No, but it will probably be easier to install as it is just to add the
gcc-gnat DEB, RPM, SLP etc. package to the installation. Also I think
that you will get a few more people who wonders what is gcc-gnat (or
gcc-ada I don't know what it will be called) as they see it listed
together with the gcc packages and check it out. At least I read a bit
about object C after seeing that there was a gcc-objc package. And quite
possibly you will have more linux distributions adding this package to
the standard distribution.

Keep up the excellent work!

Preben Randhol