Re: ada compiler?

[Georg Bauhaus <rm.tsoh+bauhaus@maps.futureapps.de>]

On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 01:01 +0000, anon wrote:
>  how many beginners first downloads a GNAT version that requires:
> 
>     gnatmake -gnato -fstack-check <name>.adb  
> 
> to compile a simple program!

Wouldn't this be even more evidence in favor of having
-gnato -fstack-check on by default? If someone begins
learning Ada and then notices that the promised overflow
checking doesn't take place, what will be the reaction?
Also, what is the effect of an Ada compiler on the perception
of the language if, by default, stack overflow (e.g. due to
massive recursion without TCE) causes segmentation
violations rather than Storage_Error? What if we are told
that this or that is an operating system issue and that we
should learn how to adjust OS resources (ulimit etc.) so that
GNAT's produce works according to expectations?

OTOH, -gnato renders the speed race among languages more
promising, and -fstack-check is a common gcc option.

What should the default choices of gnatmake be then?