Path: news.daimi.aau.dk!news.uni-c.dk!sunic!sunic.sunet.se!trane.uninett.no!Norway.EU.net!EU.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!epflnews!dinews.epfl.ch!di.epfl.ch!Alfred.Strohmeier From: Alfred.Strohmeier@di.epfl.ch (Alfred Strohmeier) Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.lang,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.clu,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.objective-c,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.beta,comp.lang.clos,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.dylan,comp.lang.modula-3,comp.lang.oberon,comp.lang.pascal,comp.lang.sather,comp.programming,comp.realtime,comp.software,comp.software-eng,comp.sw,comp.sw.components,comp.object,ch.general,ch.si.general,epfl.general,di.general Subject: Workshop on GNAT, the GNU NYU Ada 95 compiler Date: 4 Jul 1995 14:17:15 GMT Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Lines: 84 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1995Jul4.161535@di.epfl.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: lglsun.epfl.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Xref: news.daimi.aau.dk comp.object:32724 comp.lang.ada:30041 comp.lang.clu:204 comp.lang.eiffel:8774 comp.lang.objective-c:3891 comp.lang.smalltalk:23957 comp.lang.c++:127151 comp.lang.beta:433 comp.lang.clos:3087 comp.lang.cobol:3970 comp.lang.dylan:4652 comp.lang.oberon:5117 comp.lang.pascal:70386 comp.lang.sather:1885 comp.programming:16583 comp.realtime:9733 comp.software-eng:31300 comp.sw.components:978 Workshop on GNAT, the GNU NYU Ada 95 compiler --------------------------------------------- Date: Monday, October 2nd, 1995, full day Subject: Making maximum use of GNAT, the GNU NYU Ada 95 compiler application needs. The workshop is held in conjunction with the Conference Ada in Europe 1995, to be held on October 2-6, 1995, in Frankfurt. Scientific Organizers: Robert Dewar (dewar@cs.nyu.edu) Edmond Schonberg (schonberg@cs.nyu.edu) Alfred Strohmeier (alfred.strohmeier@epfl.di.ch) Contact: Robert B. K. Dewar New York University 251 Mercer St. NYC, NY 10012 212-998-3498 dewar@cs.nyu.edu Deadline for user reports: August 20, 1995 Workshop Overview The purpose of this workshop is to bring together GNAT implementors and users (including prospect users), both from industry and academia, to discuss how to make best use of this important freely available tool. What is GNAT? GNAT is a new front end for the GCC compiler system that provides a complete implementation of Ada 95, including all the annexes. GCC provides a platform for multiple targets, including cross compilers. Ports of GNAT are currently available for the following machines and environments: IBM PC: OS/2, NT, Solaris, Nextstep, SCO Unix, DOS/Windows, Windows/95, Linux, FreeBSD; Sparc: SunOS, Solaris; SGI: Irix 4, Irix 5; Alpha: OSF1 2.0, OSF1 3.0; HP: HPUX; Decstation: Ultrix; RS6000: AIX; Amiga: DOS; 1750A. Several other ports are underway. This wide variety of platforms means that nearly everyone can obtain a version of GNAT to run on their machines, meaning that Ada 95 is available at no cost to the entire community. At this workshop, there will be tutorials at both the basic and advanced levels on how to make the best use of GNAT. As is the case with any complex piece of software, a good working knowledge of the basic structure of the system can be very useful in understanding how to make it work at its best. The remainder of the workshop will consist of reports from users of GNAT who will describe how they managed to take advantage of GNAT. The following questions will be answered in this context: - How did I use GNAT; - What are its strengths and weaknesses; - How to make best use of GNAT. User reports Interested individuals are invited to contact the workshop organizers as soon as possible and to submit later on a user report, outlining their experience with GNAT. Organizational issues: The workshop is held in conjunction with the Conference Ada in Europe 1995, to be held on October 2-6, 1995, in Frankfurt. The conference organization handles all clerical matters, such as registration to the conference, to the workshop, reservation of accommodation. There is a small nominal fee for participating in the workshop of FF 500 (appr $ 100), including breaks and lunch. For more information, please contact: Ms. Rosy PLET, Public Relations EUROSPACE 16 bis, avenue Bosquet 75007 PARIS, FRANCE Tel. +33 (1) 45 55 83 53 Fax. +33 (1) 45 51 99 23