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Date: 22 Sep 93 17:37:27 GMT
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.den.mmc.com!iplmail!jcrigler@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (Jim Crigler)
Subject: Re: Current state of Ada 9X compilers...?
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Wes Groleau x1240 C73-8 (groleau@e7sa.crd.ge.com) wrote:
: In article <27hagd$7qc@klaava.Helsinki.FI> stickler@klaava.Helsinki.FI
: (Patric M Stickler) writes:
:
: : In article <1993Sep18.163712.8933@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
: : blaak@csri.toronto.edu (Raymond Blaak) writes:
: :
: : : P.S. The GNAT project may just be the best thing that has happened
: : : for Ada.
: :
: : Ok, we have one strong vote of interest. Any others? ;-)

: Some will say that GNAT may be the worst thing--because vendors,
: unable to compete with "free" will drop out. I disagree. I suspect
: that "winning converts" to Ada will help the vendors even if
: "competition" from GNAT undercuts them. The reason is that many
: companies don't trust "free-ware" and may buy commercial products
: once someone or something convinces them Ada is not a joke.

There's also the FSF's licensing agreement, which some (myself NOT
included) take objection to.