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Subject: Re: ANN: VisualAda (Ada Integration for Visual Studio 2017)
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On Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 8:23:26 PM UTC-7, Dan'l Miller wrote:
> On Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 9:16:31 PM UTC-5, Jerry wrote:
> > On Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 1:10:10 AM UTC-7, alby....@gmail.com wrote:
> > > Dear Ada Community
> > >=20
> > > I am pleased to announce the initial release of VisualAda.>=20
> > > Alex
> >=20
> > Can Mac users benefit from your plugin?
> > Jerry
>=20
> The so-called Visual Studio for Mac is really the old Xamarin Studio rebr=
anded.  Visual Studio for Mac has very few of the features of the actual Vi=
sual Studio (for Windows 10).  That could change in the medium-to-long-term=
 future, but not anytime real soon.
>=20
> I occasionally take a survey as a Microsoft previewer/beta-tester for for=
thcoming dot-releases of Visual Studio 2017.  Among that multitude of quest=
ions was one to prioritize whether Microsoft should port the actual Visual =
Studio to MacOS.  They have asked twice in the past year, so the concept is=
 being debated as a potential priority at Redmond.  Once actual Visual Stud=
io is ported to MacOS year(s) from now, then plug-ins for actual Visual Stu=
dio (on Windows 10) could conceivably be practical to be reworked & release=
d somehow for MacOS's port of actual Visual Studio.

Thank you for the clarification. I don't see any indication on the Visual S=
tudio web site that the Mac offering is a different product. And then there=
 is Visual Studio Code, whatever that is. There are currently two Ada plug-=
ins for Visual Studio Code.