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Options of MS SDK versions

From Nicholas Collin Paul de Gloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.ada, fr.comp.lang.ada
Subject Options of MS SDK versions
Date 2026-05-08 09:38 +0000
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Message-ID <10tkauk$v80i$1@paganini.bofh.team> (permalink)

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Dear Adaists:

Janus/Ada requires a Microsoft Software Developers Kit (SDK) and a
compatible linker, available in e.g. Visual C++.

Is or are the choice or choices of the Microsoft version or versions
important? Janus performs actual compilations. However, perhaps a new
64-bit version of Microsoft link might produce executables which are
incompatible with 32-bit Windows, or even incompatible with an old
64-bit version of Windows.

Visual Studio 2026
and
Build Tools for Visual Studio 2026
are available from
HTTPS://VisualStudio.MicroSoft.com
and old versions are available from
HTTPS://VisualStudio.MicroSoft.com/vs/older-downloads
. . .
Visual Studio 2022;
Visual Studio 2019;
Visual Studio 2017;
and
Microsoft Build Tools 2015 Update 3.

The oldest versions are not easy to fetch.

I programmed a useful Ada program. The chief version of Windows which
it runs on is 64-bit Windows 10. Compatibility with 64-bit Windows 7
would be practical. We do not have an overriding need to be compatible
with other old versions of Windows (e.g. 32-bit Windows Vista), but we
also do not have an overriding need to be incompatible.

Impressions as to
* are all MS SDKs equivalent
or
does a choice affect compatibilities
or
* speeds
and as to
* how much hassle there would be in adapting Lkw to run with a version
of the MS SDK which it was not designed to invoke would be
appreciated.

Yours faithfully,
Nicholas Collin Paul de Gloucester
(S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)

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Options of MS SDK versions Nicholas Collin Paul de Gloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-05-08 09:38 +0000
  Re: Options of MS SDK versions Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-08 21:01 +0000
    Re: Options of MS SDK versions Nicholas Collin Paul de Gloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-05-08 21:56 +0000
      Re: Options of MS SDK versions Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-09 05:40 +0000
        Re: Options of MS SDK versions "J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr> - 2026-05-09 08:23 +0200
          Re: Options of MS SDK versions Nicolas Paul Colin de Glocester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-05-09 10:21 +0000
        Re: Options of MS SDK versions Nicholas Collin Paul de Gloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-05-09 10:40 +0000

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