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From: Luke A. Guest <laguest@archeia.com>
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Subject: Re: a new language, designed for safety !
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 22:09:17 +0000 (UTC)
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"J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr> wrote:

>> platforms, i.e. Android.
> Once again, that's AdaCore; Atego provided another one (TBH: I'm not
> sure what it's state is currently).

This available for download? Didn't think so.


>> leads to the fact that GNAT is developed behind closed doors and
>> anybody wanting to contribute patches, won't see them being included.
> This is FUD. Anybody can contribute patches to FSF, and so does AdaCore.

No it's not, look at the number of outstanding bugs on the FSF site, same
for I accepted patches.

> AdaCore is a commercial company; you can choose a compiler from AdaCore,
> or a compiler from FSF, like for any other 

A tomato is a tomato no matter where you get it from, same for GNAT.

language. Would you argue
> that C is being impaired because Microsoft C is not free?

There are many implementations of C, not true of Ada.

> In addition, AdaCore provides a free (as in beer) compiler, with certain
> limitations to avoid shooting themselves in the foot. That's very kind
> of them, if it does not fit your needs, choose another one.

Like I said, there are loads to choose from.

>> * These are things I have been told by people who have gone through
>> the various issues above.
>> 
> Second hand information...

Doesn't make it wrong information.