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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,7b73eb137e4ed638 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-16 03:33:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!128.39.3.168!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Compilers Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 10:33:34 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3CE2AF22.2060208@gmx.spam.egg.sausage.and.spam.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1021545214 806 129.241.83.82 (16 May 2002 10:33:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 10:33:34 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24170 Date: 2002-05-16T10:33:34+00:00 List-Id: On Wed, 15 May 2002 20:55:30 +0200, David Rasmussen wrote: > What is the best free Ada compiler available? GNAT available for Linux, Solaris, Windows, MacOS (there is a port worked on by individuals) GNAT will also be part of GCC. > More importantly, what do the free compilers lack in contrast to the > commercial ones? Nothing. > Also, how portable is typical Ada, and how good is code generation > compared to C++ on the same platform (typically)? Ada code is much more portible and if you use the libraries GNAT supplies for interacting with the IO etc.. a recompile should be all you need to do from one system to another. What do you mean how good is code generation? More info is here why you should choose Ada over say C++: http://www.adapower.com/what.html Preben Randhol ------------------- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- �For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.�