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Subject: Re: Janus/Ada 3.2.1 Released!
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On Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 3:52:51 AM UTC-5, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On 2019-06-26 07:12, Randy Brukardt wrote:
>=20
> > P.S. I apologize to anyone that would rather not see the blatant ad. I =
try
> > not to do this more often than once per year, and the information ought=
 to
> > be relevant to those who sometimes forget that there are other, activel=
y
> > developed Ada compilers out there.
>=20
> =E2=80=A6
>=20
> P.S. I hope Janus will target Linux some day. It could be a=20
> Windows-hosted cross. I think many would buy that thing.

I concur, but the highest-RoI would be for Janus/Ada to have the LLVM backe=
nd in one fell swoop.  Then we as users would naturally get various object-=
file formats (e.g., ELF, XCOFF) and ISAs (e.g., Apple ARM) and debug format=
s (e.g., gdb's; lldb's)=E2=80=94both native and cross-compiled=E2=80=94inhe=
rited as a by-product, killing multiple birds with one stone.

Randy, would putting Janus/Ada's front end on
0) LLVM backend
be more difficult than any major target feature listed above alone (e.g.:
1) Janus/Ada as-is without LLVM plus ELF on x86;
2) Janus/Ada as-is without LLVM plus PE-on-ARM for the forthcoming ARM-base=
d bendable/foldable Surface Phone thingy-whatever-it-will-be-called, derivi=
ng from Andromeda & Courier prototypes with Composable-Shell and Windows Co=
re OS)?