19 Jun
2026
19 Jun
'26
2:08 p.m.
On Friday, June 19, 2026 at 11:12, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
Perhaps it was merely intended to be run under GNU, or
become part of
the GNU binutils? Or GNU tool than the "GNU Compiler Collection"?
The paper I cited ("The GNAT Project: A GNU-Ada 9X Compiler") by the
project principals states:
GNAT (an acronym for GNU NYU Ada Translator), is a front-end and
runtime system for Ada 9X that uses the successful GCC [GCC94a]
back-end as a retargetable code generator.
[...]
GCC is a retargetable and rehostable compiler system, with multiple
front-ends and a large number of hardware targets. Originally designed
as a compiler for C, it now includes front-ends for C++, Modula-3,
Fortran, Objective-C, and most recently Ada.
As I mentioned to Bill, I do (vaguely) recall reading about an early Ada
compiler that generated C code instead of machine code. But GNAT wasn't
it.
-- Dave