Re: DragonEgg has been revived

[Luke A. Guest <laguest@archeia.com>]

Simon Clubley <

> What I would like to see is an Ada compiler that can generate code
> for a wide range of targets without any GPL restrictions on the
> generated code.

Wouldn’t we all.

> 
> I'm not really bothered how that happens but LLVM seems like an
> interesting option.
> 
> The real question however is will this Ada compiler still work with
> the versions of the toolchains available 2-5 years from now or will
> it fall into disuse just like DragonEgg did ?

It would depend on how well it’s maintained and how many people step up to
help out.

> There's a confidence problem here. I can write C and C++ code in 2018
> for some random embedded target knowing there's a very very good chance
> I will still be able to compile that code on the freely available
> toolchains which will exist 5 years from now.

Well even with those languages it might not compile.

> I don't currently have that confidence with the Ada compilers which are
> available in 2018.
> 
> As I have said before, the language is _really_ good, but the compiler
> situation is lousy.

We need a new one not controlled by a company/monopoly.