what is ADA and what is FORTRAN?

[Marcel Cox]

> I see that GCC has a frontend for both of them but what are they and
> what are they used for?

Fortran and Ada are both programming languages which GCC can compile.
This list is not really the best place to discuss tge features of
various languages. You might check some FAQ web sites in the Google
directory for information on these languages:

http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/Fortran/

http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/Ada/

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Marcel Cox