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Re: Cannot bootstrap Ada in gcc-ss-3.3-20040126 when using gcc3.4.0-20040126 as a bootstrap compiler

From: Arnaud Charlet <charlet at ACT-Europe dot FR>
To: Karel Gardas <kgardas at objectsecurity dot com>
Cc: Arnaud Charlet <charlet at ACT-Europe dot FR>,GCC Mailing List <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 23:42:34 +0100
Subject: Re: Cannot bootstrap Ada in gcc-ss-3.3-20040126 when using gcc3.4.0-20040126 as a bootstrap compiler
References: <20040126234550.B20839@dublin.act-europe.fr> <Pine.LNX.4.43.0401271450540.11897-100000@thinkpad.wg-ro-gar1.inext.cz>

> Is GCC 3.3 Ada even worser than gnat3.14p, which is based on gcc2.8.1 at
> least in Debian GNU/Linux 3.0? I mean from implemented language feature
> point of view.

gnat 3.14p fully implements the Ada language, and is a reasonably tested
compiler, well suited for free software and academic projects. There's
really nothing particularly wrong in gnat 3.14p, except that it's now "old"
(3.15p is more recent).

The fact that it is based on gcc 2.8.1 is really irrelevant as far as
"language features" are concerned, since you mentioned it.

GCC 3.3 Ada on the other hand is almost untested, and contains many known
bugs. In particular, nobody has worked on keeping the Ada front-end and the
GCC back-end synchronized in this version, so as a result, there are
inconsistencies and unstabilities to be expected.

Arno

References:
- Re: Cannot bootstrap Ada in gcc-ss-3.3-20040126 when using gcc3.4.0-20040126 as a bootstrap compiler
  - From: Arnaud Charlet
- Re: Cannot bootstrap Ada in gcc-ss-3.3-20040126 when usinggcc3.4.0-20040126 as a bootstrap compiler
  - From: Karel Gardas

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