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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,XPRIO autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fd9a8f91bb89a8d2,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-13 11:50:55 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!pd7cy1no!pd7cy2so!shaw.ca!news-out.superfeed.net!propagator2-maxim!news-in-maxim.spamkiller.net!snewsf0.syd.ops.aspac.uu.net!nnrp1.ozemail.com.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Peter Milliken" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Is it possible to build an Ada cross-compiler for an 8-bit embedded target now that gcc 3.X has support for Ada? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4927.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4927.1200 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 06:50:54 +1100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.15.64.31 X-Trace: nnrp1.ozemail.com.au 1068753055 203.15.64.31 (Fri, 14 Nov 2003 06:50:55 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 06:50:55 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2458 Date: 2003-11-14T06:50:54+11:00 List-Id: Subject pretty much says it all. Now that you can build an Ada compiler using gcc 3.X (well, according to the build instructions of gcc 3.x :-)), I began to wonder whether it was possible to build a cross-compiler for an 8-bit target processor. The 8-bit processor family in question is already supported by gcc (I believe). When I say "possible", I just mean "follow the cross-compiling instructions and out pops an Ada compiler" - I don't mean, "spend months of work patching various files and then you might have an Ada compiler" :-) I would dearly like to convince some managers here that Ada is a reasonable alternative to C/C++ for product development. I don't mind spending a lot of my own time re-writing my current C code in Ada to help prove the point, but I need the tools to at least contemplate giving it a go :-). The cross-compiler would be built and run on a Windoze box (just answering (one of) the obvious questions :-)). Thanks Peter