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 10.129.175.31 with SMTP id n31mr2834277ywh.30.1488378536175; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 06:28:56 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.157.17.114 with SMTP id p47mr944793otp.6.1488378536134; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 06:28:56 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!68no279124itg.0!news-out.google.com!78ni731itm.0!nntp.google.com!68no281443itg.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 06:28:55 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=185.51.184.178; posting-account=x1qAewkAAABqPIYN0SrJgHa2wUpmAk7w NNTP-Posting-Host: 185.51.184.178 References: <1813789782.509760763.093426.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> <87varxjouh.fsf@nightsong.com> <250466748.510009784.561340.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <30e53c12-5470-48e1-9306-8a048e39144d@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: State of the compiler market From: volkert@komponentenwerkstatt.de Injection-Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 14:28:56 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:33439 Date: 2017-03-01T06:28:55-08:00 List-Id: On Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 9:43:42 AM UTC+1, reinkor wrote: > I got a bit scared from this discussion since I am investing much time in= developing an application in Ada.=20 >=20 > Can Adacore's (gnat) public licence safeguard the language is available t= he coming 10-20 years? I.e. can I stay relaxed? :-) I asked my myself the same question. That was 15 years ago. GNAT and its to= ols are still alive and they are getting better and better. I am also sure,= that AdaCore has some longterm contracts ... but in some way, i am sharing= you feeling, because i am not sure about the amount of new projects using = Ada.=20 Volkert, digging into SPARK 2014:-)