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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,30352abc52760363 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Jon S Anthony Subject: Re: Delphi & Ada; Ada to C++ Date: 1998/02/19 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 326758220 Distribution: world References: <34E47622.15EB@atc-1s.hac.com> <6c9tjc$obg@universe.digex.net> <34eb5d36.20077308@news.tiac.net> <01bd3cc5$a74ff160$LocalHost@xhv46.dial.pipex.com> <6chg3h$4qf@universe.digex.net> <01bd3d7c$2406b3e0$LocalHost@xhv46.dial.pipex.com> Organization: PSINet Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-02-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: "Nick Roberts" 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 -- Jon Anthony Synquiry Technologies, Ltd., Belmont, MA 02178, 617.484.3383 "Nightmares - Ha! The way my life's been going lately, Who'd notice?" -- Londo Mollari