From: Jon S Anthony <jsa@synquiry.com>
Subject: Re: Delphi & Ada; Ada to C++
Date: 1998/02/19
Date: 1998-02-19T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ufvhubywi3.fsf@synquiry.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 01bd3d7c$2406b3e0$LocalHost@xhv46.dial.pipex.com
"Nick Roberts" <Nick.Roberts@dial.pipex.com> writes:
> Sorry! I got the impression that was how GNAT worked (translate Ada to C,
> and then compile to executable). Looking at the documentation for GNAT
> 3.10 (R1.30), I see no mention of intermediate C. Is this how GNAT worked
> once upon a time, or did I simply get totally the wrong end of the stick?
You got it totally wrong.
> What is GNAT's relationship to GCC?
GNAT uses the gcc backend (just like g77, g++, and the good ol' c
compiler among others...) by producing an intermediate tree that it
eats. The output is machine code for the given platform.
/Jon
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-02-19 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-02-13 0:00 Ada to C++ Translators David Kusuda
1998-02-14 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-02-16 0:00 ` David Weller
1998-02-18 0:00 ` Jean D. Ichbiah
1998-02-18 0:00 ` David Weller
1998-02-18 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-02-21 0:00 ` Esa Pulkkinen
1998-02-23 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-02-19 0:00 ` Jean D. Ichbiah
1998-02-19 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-02-25 0:00 ` Scott Leschke
1998-02-25 0:00 ` David Weller
1998-02-19 0:00 ` Delphi & Ada; Ada to C++ Nick Roberts
1998-02-19 0:00 ` David Weller
1998-02-19 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1998-02-19 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony [this message]
1998-02-20 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1998-02-21 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1998-02-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-02-21 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1998-02-21 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1998-03-05 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
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1998-02-23 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-96
1998-02-24 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1998-02-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-02-25 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
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