Re: The GNU Ada compiler

["Steve Whalen" <SteveWhalen001@hotmail.com>]

Martin Krischik wrote:
> Currently I concentrate much on the GNAT/GPL but I think that may change
> when gcc 4.1 is out of the door. Apart from that I monitor the download
> stats to see what is appreciated and what is waisted effort.
>
> Interestingly enough currently source-rpm are more in demand then actual
> binaries.

I'm hoping your efforts will attract maintainers for a GMGPL Ada on
each of the platforms and OS's. I know you can't do all of them by
yourself <g>....

Instead of monitoring the Ada download statistics, I'd suggest
monitoring the download statistics for gcc.  Since C and C++ are very
functional compilers within gcc but Ada is seldom present let alone
stable, I think gcc's popularity on a platform/OS gives a better
indication of where Ada _should_ be, even if it's not there now.  It's
a chicken or egg kind of thing.  Nobody is downloading the Ada
compilers because if you want gnat 3.15p it is still available in
releases from AdaCore around the net.

Nobody bothers downloading any newer GNAT release because the versions
I've come across all seem to be broken in one way or another.

Actually, since NYU is _not_ mirroring 3.15p any more, it would be
helpful if you used sourceforge to house all of the 3.15p versions, so
we would have a single place to send anyone interested in Ada.  Then
as newer versions became stable for each platform / OS combination,
you could push 3.15p down into an "older version" status.

Steve