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From: Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: free Ada compiler ?
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"hongxun lee" <lee.1801@osu.edu> writes:

> Thanks Stephe
> 
> i read the docs there though i can't really figure out the diff yet.
> My Q really is that i want to use the unix version Ada compiler 

What does that mean exactly? GNAT has the same command line switches,
whatever platform it is on. What do you mean by "unix version Ada
compiler"? 

> (i've been using the windows version for a while) without losing the
> convenience of windows. 

What is it about Unix that is inconvenient? You can run bash, make,
and Emacs on each platform, you can use GtkAda for GUI stuff on each
platform. What are your issues?

> Does MinGW make sense ?

Yes. So does Cygwin. Depends on what you are doing.

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-- Stephe