Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 09:19:49 -0500 (CDT) From: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org> To: e.costa@lancaster.ac.uk, helbig@Informatik.BA-Stuttgart.DE, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gnat 3.01 for FreeBSD Message-ID: <199709301419.JAA27853@iworks.InterWorks.org>
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> > I'd like to do a port of Gnat 3.01 and eventually to became a > > mantainer of that compiler. I've just read the handbook section regarding > > how to port a foreign package to FreeBSD, but as you already did a port > > of Gnat, namely Gnat 2.01, and because it's my first attempt to do such a > ^ 2.03 > > thing I'm asking you for some advice and perhaps help in doing it. > > Enjoy! > > Last week the gnat port was updated to GNAT 3.09, so you're kind > of late. But thanks anyway. (The same happened to me. Last week I > was working on that port, but the current maintainer "beat" me. > Strange: Nobody seemed to care about GNAT for a year, suddenly > everybody is playing around with it. <plug on> That's because it is, by far, the best Ada95 compiler around. Support is also superb, even if you don't pay the $1300 per seat for ACT support. <plug off> Seriously, we are using it for deliverable Navy products, and it is much better than Rational Apex Ada which we also have paid over $200K for only 5 seats and 2 years of support. For more info and debate, join the GNAT mailing list and/or see the list archives (visit http://www.gnat.com). Dan Eischen deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org
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