From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Luke A. Guest Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Studying and Maintaining GNAT, Is There Any Interest in a New Group? Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 22:48:05 +0100 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <2145221813.556924687.162377.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> References: <309225242.556906218.575482.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: scszsNlnGkpw/NbFNLGDHQ.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: NewsTap/5.3.1 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:F3IFZuxSucBAtkmAE6IkT+yn7IA= X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.3 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:54255 Date: 2018-08-25T22:48:05+01:00 List-Id: wrote: > However I am discouraged with what you are saying about the bugs being on > the compiler side and not so much in the RTS. It’s more the bugs are in the Ada front end, not the GCC backend, which is the codegen. > I don't even know what the a4 project is I did make a list with option numbers, I said 4a, which was to start a new compiler. > that Luke spoke of and Byron has not had a commit in over a year and is a > massive undertaking. Which is one reason to start designing a new language which was 4b. > What will GNAT look like in 5 years? :( Doesn't seem worth including in > the instrumentation control software I am slowly-slowly writing. Who knows?