Mail Archives: djgpp/2009/03/11/13:53:31
Rugxulo wrote:
> Hey guys,
> In gcc432.README, it says this:
>
> "ada432b.zip : Ada compiler (untested)"
>
> Of course, I've heard that the Ada front-end compiles itself, so
> that's better than nothing, right?
>
It is so. I do not however use Ada at all, so I have not done any other
tests myself. Perhaps somebody could help.
There is however more problems expected with upcoming gcc-4.4.
Some time ago I tried to build weekly snapshots of it as
Linux to DJGPP cross-compiler and run into trouble with Ada.
Standard DJGPP does not have sockets, so I had to turn off socket support.
Ada library did not compile even after that. I'm not sure that I'll have
enough time to fix that.
> At the same time, I recently contacted Gautier de Montmollin about one
> of his other projects, and I had forgotten that he uses Ada a lot. In
> fact, he wrote a 3d engine back in the day with the DOS port of GNAT.
> It was last compiled in 2005, so it should still work. I assume this
> is a another good "test" for the compiler itself to make sure it
> works, so hopefully you guys (Andris?) will find this useful. (I've
> mirrored it due to the original site being down.)
>
> http://rugxulo.googlepages.com/ENG3D017.zip (works in DOSBox but
> oddly needs S3 TSR loaded first)
>
> Screenshots:
>
> http://web.archive.org/web/20071012222608/homepage.sunrise.ch/mysunrise/gdm/e3d.htm
>
> Note that I don't know any Ada myself, just trying to pass along a
> little info in the hopes that it will prove useful (but NO WARRANTY,
> heh). ;-)
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