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From: Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: WinNT ADA compilers comparison
Date: 2000/07/20
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Nicolas Brunot <n.brunot@cadwin.com> writes:

> We saw several messages from people comparing behavior of different ADA
> compilers
> But usually this concerns executable size or performance, or why one
> doesn't accept code accepted by the others.
> Have somebody made comparison between different compilers for Win NT
> (Gnat, Objectada, Rational, Janus, etc ...) concerning
> - compile time
> - bind and link time
> - accept projects of more than 500 000 lines and several hundred source
> files ADA code without problem

If you are seriously evaluating compilers, contact the vendors. ACT is
perfectly willing to help you evaluate GNAT; no up-front charge
involved. Other vendors should do the same; some come close.

> The annoucement of gnat 3.13 said that it would accept Microsoft linker
> and objects.
> Does anybody know if this is an option or if gnat 3.12 linker is no
> longer supported in 3.13 ?

The default linker is the GNU linker, which now accepts MS object
files. I'm not sure if GNAT can produce MS object files; if it can,
than you could use the MS linker. 

gcc has always had the capability of substituting different tools for
the different phases of compilation; preprocess, compile (to
assembler), assemble, link.

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-- Stephe