Re: The future of Ada is at risk

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

On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 11:30 +0100, Ludovic Brenta wrote:
> Michael Bode <m.g.bode@web.de> writes:
> > Rico Secada <coolzone@it.dk> writes:
> >
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > 4. As long as you have to choose either program GPL code or pay like
> > you're Boeing there are quite a few developers for which Ada is no
> > option at all. They will buy Visual Studio or Delphi for at most a few
> > hundred $/€ or download j2sdk or Python for nothing and start coding.
> 
> That's not true.  You've been on this forum for quite some time now
> and I am very surprised you still seem ignorant of Janus/Ada (295 USD
> for Windows, with Claw); see
> http://www.rrsoftware.com/html/companyinf/prices.htm).
> 

For those who have to write portable DB software,
and who for some reason must not disclose their software,
GNADE is not really an option because it is effectively written
in what might be called the GNAT language. It also uses 64bit
types. Therefore, GNADE cannot be used without changes with
other Ada compilers.
In this scenario, the GMGPL turns into the GPL.
No offence intended, I'm glad there is something up to date
for database programming, and there is no problem when 
source delivery is an option.