From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a37:dcc:: with SMTP id 195mr17415772qkn.251.1592866380455; Mon, 22 Jun 2020 15:53:00 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a4a:e74a:: with SMTP id n10mr16094109oov.71.1592866380223; Mon, 22 Jun 2020 15:53:00 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.gegeweb.eu!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!209.85.160.216.MISMATCH!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 15:53:00 -0700 (PDT) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=184.98.168.223; posting-account=x5rpZwoAAABMN2XPwcebPWPkebpwQNJG NNTP-Posting-Host: 184.98.168.223 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <4d9fa282-830d-42f7-a3bf-ba127cb2ad06o@googlegroups.com> Subject: Ada on Apple's new procesors From: Jerry Injection-Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 22:53:00 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:59173 List-Id: Apple is beginning its third nightmare transition to a new processor family= . What does this mean for Ada on macOS? Can we hope for a native compiler anytime soon? We will have Rosetta 2 unti= l we don't. (Original Rosetta lasted for two OS generations and then it was= taken away.) I could tell you the story of needing to run a small PowerPC = program to set up a slightly old Apple WiFi device a couple years ago. Buy = Parallels. Call Apple and send $30 to get Snow Leopard Server--that's 10.6.= Virtualize Snow Leopard Server on Parallels to run the WiFi set-up program= in Rosetta.) Jerry