From: "Tobias Skytte" <marksmanANTISPAM AT adr DOT dk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: How do I customize libc for custom OS?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:49:07 +0200
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>Since you are in the Pascal area, why not program it in Ada95 ?
>So you won't be trapped in the various syntaxes of Pascal dialects.
>The DJGPP Ada front-end (GNAT/DOS, aka ez2load) is there for that; if you
>are not happy, you can use another compiler with minimal changes.
>You can find a draft for a *-Pascal to Ada porting guide
>  http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/gdemont/pascada.htm
>

hmm. yes Ada95 definently sounds interresting, but before I download GNAT
(22 mb on a slooow connection) can you tell me this:
1) would I still need to modify the libc (since GNAT depends on djgpp) to
make my OS? or does GNAT not use libc at all?
2) is Ada95 often used to devellop OS's? is it easier to 'modify' it to work
with a custom OS than other compilers (like djgpp or FPK etc etc)?

thanks!
Tobias Skytte