On 30 Apr 2009, at 02:29, Jack Howarth wrote: > I've considered adding ada to the compilers built in the > gcc4X packages and have decided against it. The ada developers > refuse to attempt to create a version of ada that can be boot > strapped from a c compiler. This means that gcc4X would develop > a BuildDepends on a prebuilt ada compiler from an external source > (which was built with a pre-existing ada compiler)
Right, I hate this too _ but some of some of our lisp compilers do the same thing.. Are there no competing attempts whatsoever to create an open-source version of this thing, from which one could at least bootstrap to the GNU thing ? Ada must somewhere and sometime have been bootstrapped from something else! It is really a shame the FSF got sucked into this ! Nevertheless, having Ada as some variant of gcc44 would be nice ! JF Mertens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
