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 X-Received: by 10.236.129.33 with SMTP id g21mr5219321yhi.19.1413077610391; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 18:33:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.182.2.106 with SMTP id 10mr75711obt.11.1413077610261; Sat, 11 Oct 2014 18:33:30 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!dc16no2210136qab.1!news-out.google.com!rp1ni27119igb.0!nntp.google.com!uq10no8937798igb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 18:33:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=66.176.73.77; posting-account=yiWntAoAAAC1KqC_shmxJYv07B9l6LNU NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.176.73.77 References: <87h9zdpi84.fsf@ixod.org> <87fvex5bwy.fsf@ixod.org> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <236db248-9b86-4da9-ae4f-b3c4b82330dc@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Newcomers to comp.lang.ada: welcome and how did you end up here ? From: David Botton Injection-Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 01:33:30 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Received-Bytes: 1698 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2854155034 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:22365 Date: 2014-10-11T18:33:30-07:00 List-Id: > The problem with FSF GNAT is that once you try to use it with something > other than mainstream desktop style operating systems you run into > major problems or find outright it simply doesn't work. Admittedly I'm only concerned about Ada on Desktop platforms (Linux, Mac and Windows) for popularizing Ada and (and no dreaming a bit) LLVM backend for iOS. If more people show interest in Ada the talent needed to bolster the various GCC targets unencumbered would come. David Botton