What This Guide Contains - GNAT User's Guide for Native Platforms

This guide contains the following chapters:

Getting Started with GNAT describes how to get started compiling and running Ada programs with the GNAT Ada programming environment.
The GNAT Compilation Model describes the compilation model used by GNAT.
Building Executable Programs with GNAT describes how to use the main GNAT tools to build executable programs, and it also gives examples of using the GNU make utility with GNAT.
GNAT Project Manager describes how to use project files to organize large projects.
Tools Supporting Project Files described how to use the project facility in conjunction with various GNAT tools.
GNAT Utility Programs explains the various utility programs that are included in the GNAT environment
GNAT and Program Execution covers a number of topics related to running, debugging, and tuning the performace of programs developed with GNAT

Appendices cover several additional topics:

Platform-Specific Information describes the different run-time library implementations and also presents information on how to use GNAT on several specific platforms
Example of Binder Output File shows the source code for the binder output file for a sample program.
Elaboration Order Handling in GNAT describes how GNAT helps you deal with elaboration order issues.
Inline Assembler shows how to use the inline assembly facility in an Ada program.