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From: Simon Wright <simon@pogner.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Urgent question: malloc and ada...READ/NEW/FOLLOWUP
Date: 1998/04/26
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Jonathan Guthrie <jguthrie@brokersys.com> writes:

> How does the Ada compiler implemetor know what C compiler is used in
> that "particular environment in which the compiler operates"?
> Telepathy?

Well, one solution would be for the Ada vendor to specify it! In fact,
given the need to match the C representations, I think the Ada vendor
would have to.